Language Politics at Stellenbosch University, South Africa

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Language Politics at Stellenbosch University, South Africa

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

This chapter examines language management processes in the higher educationsector in South Africa as a deeply politicized domain which exhibits complex dynamics ofinterests and power. It primarily discusses how a student movement at Stellenbosch University(SU) embraced a discourse that has accentuated the power of English as the primary academiclingua franca of the country. This pro- English interest and discourse is juxtaposed with onethat portrays the Afrikaans language (the previously main language of learning and teachingat SU) as a “tool of exclusion” and in holding on problematic power constellations which area legacy of apartheid. The chapter is based on an analysis of the language politics unfoldingat SU in the years between 2014 and 2016 and it argues that this context provides fruitfuldata for research into the socio- cultural politics of English as an academic lingua franca.Employing Language Management Theory (LMT) as analytical lens (Jernudd &amp; Neustupný1987; Nekvapil 2006; Nekvapil &amp; Sherman 2015), I examine why and how macro and microlanguage management processes have triggered divisive and conflict- riddled language politicsat SU. While there is continued polarization of interests among students, alumni andlanguage policy makers about the role of English vis- à- vis Afrikaans, I would like to demonstratethat according to the LMT model of the micro- (meso)- macro- (meso)- micro cycle, theinstitutional language management exhibits, unlike some other South African universities, acertain success. There appears to be approximation, albeit restricted, to a complete languagemanagement cycle in a sense that demands of changes in the institutional language practicesand metalanguage discourses at the micro level of SU have significantly informed the decisionsand power dynamics at the macro level of the institution. This ultimately resulted in languagepolicy changes on the macro level and specific implementations at the micro level.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Language Politics at Stellenbosch University, South Africa

Popis výsledku anglicky

This chapter examines language management processes in the higher educationsector in South Africa as a deeply politicized domain which exhibits complex dynamics ofinterests and power. It primarily discusses how a student movement at Stellenbosch University(SU) embraced a discourse that has accentuated the power of English as the primary academiclingua franca of the country. This pro- English interest and discourse is juxtaposed with onethat portrays the Afrikaans language (the previously main language of learning and teachingat SU) as a “tool of exclusion” and in holding on problematic power constellations which area legacy of apartheid. The chapter is based on an analysis of the language politics unfoldingat SU in the years between 2014 and 2016 and it argues that this context provides fruitfuldata for research into the socio- cultural politics of English as an academic lingua franca.Employing Language Management Theory (LMT) as analytical lens (Jernudd &amp; Neustupný1987; Nekvapil 2006; Nekvapil &amp; Sherman 2015), I examine why and how macro and microlanguage management processes have triggered divisive and conflict- riddled language politicsat SU. While there is continued polarization of interests among students, alumni andlanguage policy makers about the role of English vis- à- vis Afrikaans, I would like to demonstratethat according to the LMT model of the micro- (meso)- macro- (meso)- micro cycle, theinstitutional language management exhibits, unlike some other South African universities, acertain success. There appears to be approximation, albeit restricted, to a complete languagemanagement cycle in a sense that demands of changes in the institutional language practicesand metalanguage discourses at the micro level of SU have significantly informed the decisionsand power dynamics at the macro level of the institution. This ultimately resulted in languagepolicy changes on the macro level and specific implementations at the micro level.

Druh

C - Kapitola v odborné knize

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50601 - Political science

Projekt

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Návaznosti

N - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z neverejnych zdroju

Rok uplatnění

2022

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název knihy nebo sborníku

Interests and Power in Language Management

ISBN

978-3-631-86061-8

Počet stran výsledku

22

Strana od-do

101-122

Počet stran knihy

378

Název nakladatele

Peter Lang

Místo vydání

Berlin/Bern, et al.

Kód UT WoS kapitoly

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