Unconscious Plurilingualisms: Practice-oriented Reflections on the European University Institute Multilingual Environment
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| Rok publikování | 2024 |
| Druh | Další prezentace na konferencích |
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| Popis | European university language practices and policies have recently been dominated by a tension between two contradictory trends: the uncontested dominance of English as lingua franca in academic communication and research on one hand and visible impact of focused support to plurilingualism advocated by the CEFR Companion Volume on the other. General situation within the multilingual settings of universities, however, is more complex than that. Taking the example of the European University Institute (EUI), based in Florence, Italy, this talk presents personal and contextual reflections on the EUI language policies and practices. It explores plurilingualism within the landscape of the EUI, an international research-focused academic organisation with over 1,000 staff members and students from over 85 countries of origin. The talk provides a deeper insight into four layers of the EUI multilingual environment, each considered from personal and contextual reflection perspectives. First, general linguistic characteristics of the institution will be presented. Second, the official language policy and its implementation will be described. Third, the system and scale of language and language-related training, courses and support offered to the academic and non-academic EUI staff and students will be explained and examined. And finally, informal everyday linguistic reality of the EUI community and communication will be portrayed. The talk aims to critically discuss nuanced challenges faced by individuals and diverse dynamics faced by the institution itself within the EUI multilingual context in order to identify and generalise perspective areas where plurilingualism can or should be fostered. |