Language Policy Committee - 2006 - Language Policy - A Strategy for Quality.pdf

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CONTENTS

ntroductio Vsion

3 Mission

Strategic pincipes 3

5 Inteatioa and nationa bacground 6 SWOanaysis 5

7 anguage competeces fo studets 6

8 Instruction/teaching in oreg aguages

Laguages fo research 8

1 as as a secod anguage for students ad facuty 8

Language poicy issues in CS's admistraton, brary and extera commuication 81 Resouces and strategc prorities 913 he aguage Poiy Comitee 1

Apnix 1. Resource an trategic piortes Imementation


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The CBS anguage polcy pesented hee should be see as a essetal and ntega pa ofCBSs ovea stategy ad of the specfc stategy n the aea of nteatoasaton

CBS has pocamed tself a ansh uvesty wth a stong teatoa oetaton ts eseach and study pogammes ntenatoalsaton has been a coe eement n CBSs stategcdevelopment fo at east the past decade. Today CBS s among the eadng unvestes nema tems of studet exchange and tems of the povso of a pofolo of study po-

gammes ad couses taught Englsh Impotantly, the themes cucula ad pedagogy ofths potfolo have been desgned so as to consttute a stog common eang space fo bothash ad nteatonal studets CBS does not efe nteatonal studets to specal ntenatonalstudetsonly tacs o does CBS smply ofe an Eglsh aguage tac of ts ashpogamme pofoo

oweve n some aeas CBS's tenatonal pofe may stll not et be sold eough

n the Pesdents new Stategy Pape adopted by the CBS Boad n Octobe 2005, the follow

ng ponts ae set out as peeustes fo addessng these ssues and ahevng an evenstoge ntenatoa pofe:

eadg ntenatonal busness school n seected aeas o f eseah and teahng Inteatonal evoment wth at least 2025% foegn students and faculty xchage as an tegal pat of all study pogammes Patcpaton n stategc aances about the povson o stud pogammes Intenatonal coopeaton the Ph aea Patcpto n tenatonal eseach pojects

tenatoal anng and bechmag


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or many studnts) communicaon sls and inrculura as wl as intprsona comp

tncs nsur quality in anguag povison or a studnts n ord o nsur s mployabiliy Cra an ntrnaonal nvronmnt at CS by wlcoming sudns and aculy o al na

ionaliis Impov Dans acultys languag compnc o bo sac and achng puposs Impov languag compnc or CS's adminsaiv sa Support and assis orign sudns and aculy n acquing comptnc in Dans an

guag and Dans culur ais awarnss abou h ncssiy o languag comptnc among sudns and sta

It should b pond ou ha hs languag policy stratgy prmaily addrsss h ssu o pro-ssonal languag comptnc and h intcuural compnc ta coms nauraly witlanguag arning and not intrcultural compnc as a spaat subc

Segc pciple

CSs languag poicy is basd on oowng prncips

angua comptnc and inrculural compnc a incrasingly mpoant goballyand can b sn as complmnay to grdats' oh ualiiations

CS dos no prscrib on paticular vrson o nglsh or its studns or saff bu aimsa corrc, lucid and civ intrnationa standard nglis', ssnially basd on ritshan Amrican varians in s wittn products, whras mor ariaon an b xpctd inspon ngs

nglish wll connu o b ncrasingy mpotant as a scond o aral languag to Dan-sh at B, bu linguistc cmptnc in adiona anguags is a maor strngh o CSand can giv ts sta and grauas a sgniican ompiiv dg i suficintly wlldvlopd


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The latest revson of te Uversty At emphasses the obgaton o uverstes to ommu-

ate ts esearh to soety genera' w n pate means a as audene ad thee-oe reques as

owever S wll pobaby otnue to offe an nreasng umber o pogrammes andouses n Egls Ay deso about whete a degee o a ourse soud be taugt n as or Engls w be based o te poessona orentato questo, pedagoga osderatos and te teded market or gaduates

S puts great emphass on our gaduates empoyablty on te ansh and Euo

pean/ntenatoal abou maket Terefore our goal s hgh professoal ompetee or astudents ad staff both ansh f ansh tzes, ad ngls ad also the opporunty toaqure ompetene utheoeg anguages severa of whh ae entral to degree po-grammes n bot autes S sees t as a ompetton paameter to equp our graduates wththe best possble laguage pooo

Impementaton of a approprate anguage poy s entra to S's ntenatonasato Itneeds to be addressed explty and poessonay n a S atvtes

5 Ieo d ol bckgoud

anguage poy ssues at unverstes have been on the agenda at bot the urpean ad tenatona evel or a numbe of years he s ommtted to matanng lngust dversty Euope and severa ommsson douments advoate a genea poy obetve f all tesn the non eang the mothr tongue and two foeg aguages a goal that hghe edua-ton must altate 3

At the nata level enmak the ansh etors' oeree podued a paper n arh

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wh sts out a numer of geneal reommendatons n the area or the ndvdua u


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anguage poiy as a entral oer of internationalisatio s aso stressed, inuding te

resposibility of institutios for maintaiing anis as a language of soarsip. e samepoint is a etral oern i te Minsty of Cuture's Sprg p Spi t udspil om dansksprogpotk, 003

ese reommendatos are imporat as a means of setng oal prortes ad formulatgimpementatio polies However te broader ontext eeds also to be onsdered ad npartiular te nternatioasato of iger eduaton as a resut of te Booga Poess' eU suppors ts atively, and 5 uopea states are now ommited to i It ams at te reation of a sgle uropea Resear and duaton area by 010 is etas strutura uiformity (a standardised BABS MAMS ad P degree strutre), quality assurae atinally ad iternatioally and mutual reognton of degrees ad stdy perods betwee isti-tutons

e referne in poliy statemets te most reet eaating from te bianual meetgeld n Bergen i 005) to attrativeness and ompetitveness derives from a wis to sueedin te maret for te best foregn students e Booga Proess s substantaly fuened byte ternatonal tendeny to see eduatio as a market rater tan a publi servie wit institutos n ompetiton wit ea oter internatioaly, and feepayig te norm ere are

strog fores (mainy oated in te glisspeaing ountries') tat ws iger eduatio tobe treated as a sevie dustry govered by WO prniples, ad partiuar te GeeralAgreement o rade in Serves GAS)

Wile uropean states are in teory ommttd to aitaining te utural ad linguisti diver-sity of te existing states to uvrsty autonoy and te priniple of publi responsiblty forige duaton tere is tus a strong nteratioal trend towards te ommodifiation ofiger eduaton is oud ead to ternatoal market fores eroding ational and institutioa autoomy Oe aspet of tis is te ireasing use of nglis as te medium of instru-

tion ere is even a tedeny to iterpret nternatoasatio' as mainy meang eduatio f l f CBS f li i


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here are nsufficient oortuntes fo both students and facuty to antan and futhe

develo other foreign languages hee s a shotage of resources fo autonoous foegn language earning and a ack of

the necessary gudance in dentifying the need for the and in accessing the Insuficient rovison of Danish as a foegn language and Danish culture for foregn stu

dents and faculty The Language Cente has a iited rnge of functons and is not adequatey esouced

and ts cuent definition as a selffnancing oeaton recudes its use by any CBS unitsand staf ebers

CBS does not addess the requeents of the Mnistys exa reguations systeaticallyin the area of assessing anguage sills

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ncrease of suot facilities Strengthenng of the ntenatona ndset of the students and the own resonsbity for

foegn language coetences Introduction of the uoean Language Passort "uroass cf note 3 on age

Staff develoent in foreign anguages (both acadeic and adinistrative) Integration of a anguage diension into the teachng and learnng stategy of CB Increase of foregn faculty

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Resource constraints for the ileentation of language oly loyent conditons for to foreign faculty unattractive ack of learning rograes for autonoous anguage earnng

Press res on the de ree s lab h re ad to acdeic content tend to ead to esstance


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eedy ths stuatn, CS shud naly eque the hghest ssble entry level n Eng

lsh f the senday sh syste whh s nsstent wth the the acadec equreents f the atcular degee grae. Slary bth ansh and egn students wth abahe's degree shud have the eve f ther Engsh cheed when they aly f ads-sn t a asters rgae

n addtn, a students shuld be fered regula feedba n the quaty f the EngshSe ther wrten assgnents shuld be assessed as a ass gvng students adveabut the leve and ths s bleat what they shud d t rve As n the case fansh the develent aadec wrtten Englsh shud be a ay nen f a CS

Wtng evelent Center

73 Competence n othe foegn angagesAs a ansh unvesty CS s tted t takng ntatves t sur the Euean rec-endatn f ther tngue+ tw regn languages In ratal ters at S ths y fransh student eans the tngue Englsh + the ssblty earnng ne r re add-tnal languages. As a natural nsequence f ansh and Engsh as w aralle wrnganguages n acadea al students ae deendent n havng a hgh eve ffency nansh and Englsh (eadng stenng wtng seang) hs ay nt necessarly be the

case as egards a send thd fregn language where setes ny se f the fusls are requred

Eet f students languages the than Engsh at the auty f anguage, Cunatns and Cultural Studes r n the P0 ASP and EMS rgraes students are nttaught, r taught thse anguages anywhere at CS In ealty ths eans that r all stu-dents utsde these rgraes aqurng r antang such addtna language sklls sasaly the students wn esnsblty n rder t sut students n ths regard CSshu estabsh better cndtns fr autnus learnng trugh the rvsn f curses

d t f C b d lt I ddt CS h ld t d dt t th E /E P tf l t l t d t th k


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It is unaetale o any students (whete exangestudents, oregn uldegree studentso Dans students) to hae ause fo feeling dissatisfed artularly if tis is a alid omaint t w efet ery negatiey on CBS and eae an imession of amateursm w CBSshould not aet

On the othe and it s uneasonale to exet tat Dans unesity staf shoud e aale of untoning as wel in ngs as tey an n te mote tongue. Many eturesare ae to tea in Engls to a gh standad, ut quite a numer are not Some may note aware of or aet ts at What is theefore needed is a system to rode assis

tane and suo to those leturing faulty wh need to ring teir oetene in ngis u to te high standard reud It is nt the ase that al urenty emloyed autyan e exetd to elier teang in nglish ut CBS needs more teaes wo anteah rofessonaly in nglsh

CBS should terefore fous on identfying those teahes who need deeloment of teir nglisteahng ometee Others may need to e ket away fm tis tye of teahng Teanguage Center's LAT (rojet n ]anguage ssessment for eaig in nglis) rogamme shoud e used as an oigatory tool to ensure ualty n te teahing n Engls

9. nguge fo ee

Te resonsiility for te language of researh uliatons imarily rests with the authornglish has staishd itself as th dominant lingua fran of aademia Tus auty n manyresarh fieds are deendent on a good oral and written ommad o Engsh Puliation nnglish has eome te key (in most areas) to hang artiles, ooks et ulised for teintenationa esearh ommunitie Een thouh the resonsilit or uiations rests withthe author it is unreasonale to eet al faulty to write erorfree ngs that is ready or

li ti M d t t i l t th t th i h t t CBS h l


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The language use o adminstration Libary and n externa communcaton contributes signii-cantly to the total language image o CBS as these unts ae oten very motant oints ocontact or students and sta Dansh as well as oreign It s theeoe essenta o the qualtyo both Dansh and nglish to be exceent The ollowing ssues need to be addressed

l admnistative sta s required to admnster in Danish as well as n nglsh oweverequirements and cometences dier

ot all sta in these units has suicently high leves o oen articulary written) Danishand/or nglish Ths must be addessed through increased ocus on ths asect when re-

cruitng and through inhouse taning in languages ll unts should have at least some sta who ae welqualed to deal wth oregn studntsand sta in good qualty ngish

Some tyes o admnstratve work may have to be only n nglsh (secic ogrammeso examle)

outnes o when highquaity nglsh must be ensured and when less may do are neces-say g ierentiaton on the basis o tyes o customes

t s not eaistc to exect that all extenal communication is qualtyassured by The an-guage Center It s ncessary to decde on cuto oints as egards what must and what

need not go through such qualityassurance ntatives must e taken t ensue that al CBS communicaton in nglish oal letesstudy egultions websites etc is o a highy oessonal nature

Deamnts should decide which tyes o extenal ommuncation need to have the qual-ty o te language cheked ethr by the anguage Center or equivalent exse) beorethey are made ubc

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Autnmus eaning mateias hould b dvlopd thoug t provio o cou

and variou typ o ICbad laing act to uppot tudnt i acquig or main-taining o t own itiatv addtional languag k in a cod or thd aguag An ngs anguage pepaaty mdue i tabid a pa o C' trational

umm Uivrity Pogamm h may hav to b iancd by paid by tudt Te Eupass/Eupean anguage tf hould b troducd a a tool o all tu

dt to documt thir anguag comptnc

Fauty Many mmb o C' aculty a xpctd t tea n Engis owvr t ot ra

onabl to xpct that all ta hould ab to do o without prparatio and aitancThor amnt o thi abilty hould b propry ntitutionald and actvly n-couragd ad uppod or ntanc thoug urthr u o th PATprogramm (ccton 6)

A pgamme to hlp tachr who hav ot bn ad poitivly houd b madpusy bo t tacr a allowd to tach in gih

eseaes unding ould b provdd o th mod o inancing t Laguag Cntr hould b

chagd to allow utne evisn f ates to b pubihd in nglih uses n Aadem Engis f ubiatn hould b run guarly ad aculty ncouagd to paticpat n th

Administatve staf agete pgammes t assist te devepment f inguist mpetenes o C

adminitativ and Libray t hould ikwi b dvopd and implmnt i Coganiation

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