English as an academic language at a Swedish university: Parallel language use and the 'threat' of English

Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 429-447

  Bolton, Kingsley ^a   Kuteeva, Maria ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

education policy; English medium instruction; language planning; language policy; language politics; language use surveys

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863847435     PISSN: 01434632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01434632.2012.670241     Document Type: Article

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