ICLHE symposium: The Englishization of Higher Education

Introduction, 10.00-10.15

UM representative: Rianne Letschert, Rector Magnificus, Maastricht University, Netherlands.
René Gabriëls (Symposium Chair)
Robert Wilkinson (ICLHE Chair)

Interview, 10.15-11.00

Kristina Hultgren (The Open University, UK)
Multilingualism vs English: are they reconcilable?

Moderator: John Harbord (Maastricht University, Netherlands)

Break, 11.00 -11.15

Discussion & Book presentation, 11.15-12.00

Robert Wilkinson (Maastricht University, Netherlands)
Englishization of higher education in Europe: Glocalized perspectives

Kwok-kan Tam (Hang Seng U, Hong Kong)
Englishization - hybridization in identity, cultural awareness and literary sensibility

Moderator: Sally Wyatt (Maastricht University, Netherlands)

Break, 12.00-12.15

ICLHE Annual General Meeting, 12.15-13.15

The ICLHE Association will run its Annual General Meeting.

Break, 13.15-13.30

Academic presentations Englishization of higher education in Europe | Part I, 13.30-14.15

Presentation 1
Svetlana Suchkova (Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia)
Is English a lingua franca or an economic instrument in Russia?

Presentation 2
Josep Soler (Stockholm University, Sweden)/Kerttu Rozenvalde (University of Tartu, Estonia)
Englishisation and internationalisation in Estonia and Latvia: Language ideological debates and the state

Presentation 3
Frank van Splunder (University of Antwerp, Belgium/Flanders)
Beyond English-Only in higher education

Moderator: Inma Fortanet-Gomez (Universidad Jaume I, Spain)

PARALLEL SESSIONS

Track 1, Discussion, 14.15-15.00

Rias van den Doel, Rick de Graaff (University of Utrecht, Netherlands): All quiet on the language front? The role of language focus and support in Dutch EMI contexts

Moderator: Lies Wesseling (Maastricht University, Netherlands)

Track 2, Academic presentations, 14.15-15.00

Englishization of higher education in Europe | Part II

Presentation 1
Aisha Siddiqa/Patrick Studer (ZHAW, Switzerland):
English in Swiss multilingual landscape

Presentation 2
David Lasagabaster (University of the Basque Country, Spain): EMI and multilingualism at university level: The Spanish perspective

Presentation 3
Beatrice Zuaro (Stockholm University, Sweden – Italy): Reframing “internationalization” and “Englishization” in Italian higher education

Moderators: Sara Atwater and Marie Rickert (Maastricht University, Netherlands)

Break, 15.00-15.15 

On the spot, 15.15-16.00

Alma Maldonado-Maldonado (CINVESTAV, Mexico City)
Social disadvantages and English: the perspective from Mexico (and Latin America)

Moderator: Leonie Cornips (Maastricht University, Netherlands)

Close of Day 1, 16.00

Opening, 09.20-09.30

René Gabriëls & Robert Wilkinson

Academic presentations, 09.30-10.15 

Englishization in East Asia

Presentation 1
Eun Gyong (E.G.) Kim (KAIST, South Korea):
The Englishization at a Korean science and engineering school

Presentation 2
Tho Vo (University of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam):
EMI implementation and the promotion of English use in a Vietnamese higher education context

Presentation 3
Keiko Tsuchiya (Yokohama City University, Japan): English education policy in Japan

Moderator: Annette Bradford (Singapore)

Break, 10.15-10.30

On the spot/interview, 10.30-11.15

Philippe Van Parijs (Université de Louvain-La-Neuve/Katholieke Universiteit. Leuven, Belgium):
Englishization as trap and lifeline

Moderator: René Gabriëls (Maastricht University, Netherlands)

Break, 11.15-11.30

Parallel Sessions

Track 1, Discussion, 11.30-12.15

Emma Dafouz (Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain) & Ute Smit (University of Vienna, Austria):

Englishisation in Higher Education: Insights from the ROAD-MAPPING framework

Moderator: Harro van Lente (Maastricht University, Netherlands)

Track 2, Academic presentations, 11.30-12.15

Challenged contexts of Englishization

Presentation 1
Maria Sabaté-Dalmau (Universitat Lleida, Spain):
The management of Englishisation policies through local multilingual practices and dissenting identities in the EMI classroom.

Presentation 2
Ofra Inbar (Tel Aviv University, Israel): Englishization in higher education institutions in Israel:
Transcending the linguistic barriers

Presentation 3
Christa van der Walt (Stellenbosch University, South Africa):
Southern African Englishes and English language teaching

Moderator: T.J. Ó Ceallaigh (Mary Immaculate College, Ireland)

Break, 12.15-12.30

On the spot/interview, 12.30 -13.15

Aminata Cairo (The Hague)
Holding space for Englishization

Moderator: Jenny Valcke (Karolinska Institutet, Sweden)

Close of Symposium, 13.15-13.30

UM representative: Christine Neuhold, Dean, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (Maastricht University, Netherlands)