Multilingual Higher Education

Download or read book Multilingual Higher Education written by Christa van der Walt and published by Multilingual Matters. This book was released on 2013-04-08 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book argues that a multilingual approach to higher education is imperative in an increasingly globalised education environment. Higher education cannot afford a narrow focus on English language proficiency; this book addresses the need to acknowledge other languages explicitly in classroom instruction and student learning to improve student success, to widen access and to internationalise institutions.