Disciplinary differences in the use of English in higher education: Reflections on recent language policy developments

Higher Education

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 533-549

  Kuteeva, Maria ^a   Airey, John ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Disciplinary differences; Disciplinary knowledge structures; Disciplinary literacy; Language choice; Language policies; Parallel language use; Teaching in english

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903439085     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-013-9660-6     Document Type: Article

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