Local Agency in National Language Policies: The Internationalisation of Higher Education in a Brazilian Institution

Autor/inn/en	Finardi, Kyria Rebeca; Guimarães, Felipe Furtado
Titel	Local Agency in National Language Policies: The Internationalisation of Higher Education in a Brazilian Institution
Quelle	In: Current Issues in Language Planning, 22 (2021) 1-2, S.157-179 (23 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Finardi, Kyria Rebeca) ORCID (Guimarães, Felipe Furtado)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1747-7506
DOI	10.1080/14664208.2019.1697557
Schlagwörter	Language Planning; Public Policy; Foreign Countries; International Education; Higher Education; State Universities; College Second Language Programs; Federal Aid; College Faculty; College Students; Teacher Attitudes; Administrator Attitudes; Student Attitudes; Policy Formation; Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; English (Second Language); Portuguese; Italian; Native Language; Language Role; Program Descriptions; Institutional Autonomy; Brazil + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sprachwechsel; Öffentliche Ordnung; Ausland; Internationale Erziehung; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Staatliche Universität; Fakultät; Collegestudent; Lehrerverhalten; Schülerverhalten; Politische Betätigung; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Portugiesischunterricht; Italienisch; Institutionelle Autonomie; Brasilien
Abstract	This study discusses agency in language policy and planning (LPP) development from the perspective of Brazilian national language policies reflected in the local LPP programme/initiative of a public university in the Southeast region of the country. With that goal, national and local (institutional) documents are analysed and contrasted with the perceptions of local agents -- or people with interest in Baldauf's terminology -- comprised of students of a Brazilian government-funded programme called Languages without Borders (LwB) at that university. The perceptions of the academic community (students, lecturers and administrative staff) were obtained through an online questionnaire. The results show that top-down national policies had a great impact on the development of local policies, leaving little room for bottom-up local agency. The study concludes that the university lacked a coherent language approach that connected the macro, meso and micro levels and the four categories of agents, namely, people with power, people with expertise, people with influence and people with interest. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01