Discussion. Issue 3 (3rd July 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Singleton, David
• Is Part Of: European journal of higher education. Volume 9:Issue 3(2019)
• Page Start: 343
• Page End: 350
• Publication Date: 2019-07-03
• Subjects: Home -- expatriate -- native -- non-native -- impact -- L2 -- trilingual; Education, Higher -- Europe -- Periodicals; Education, Higher; Europe; Periodicals; 378.4
• DOI: 10.1080/21568235.2019.1604245
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2156-8235

Abstract

ABSTRACT: This concluding commentary points to and examines elements and issues treated in the contributions to this collection – based on studies conducted in a number of countries and institutions – that have very wide relevance to language learning and teaching in higher education. This relevance is especially acute where learning and/or teaching is proceeding in languages which vary in their relationships with the learners and teachers in question. Thus, for example, the dichotomies of home/expatriate and native/non-native teachers are discussed, the various impacts (positive and negative) of teaching via an L2, and the mixed results associated with trilingual classes. What clearly emerges is a pressing need for all of the situations described in these pages to be researched further and more fully.