Linguistic Diversity in Professional Settings / edited by Magdalena Zehetgruber, Bernadette Hofer-Bonfim, Elisabeth Peters, Johannes Schnitzer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Zehetgruber, Magdalena, editor.

Series:

Inklusion und Gesellschaft, 2940-8415 ; 7

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sociolinguistics.

Local Subjects:

Sociolinguistics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (327 pages)

Edition:

1st ed. 2025.

Place of Publication:

Berlin : Frank & Timme GmbH : Imprint: Frank & Timme, 2025.

Summary:

Linguistic diversity is a cultural asset in our globalized world. But it can also pose challenges for individuals, for organisations, and also for societies. This volume focuses on professional settings and their needs, policies and practices. In higher education, these range from general policy making at the institutions themselves to specific multilingual approaches in curriculum development to linguistic practices in international teams and cooperations, as well as linguistic landscapes. The studies show the challenges which come along with linguistic diversity and internationalization. They also highlight different national and organisational contexts and show links between language choice, emotion and identity, as well as educational and ideological goals. The volume thus illustrates the multifaceted and complex nature of this subject.

Contents:

Intro

Introduction

Aurélie Joubert / Janet Fuller

'Internationalization in balance'

Limiting linguistic diversity in Dutch higher education

Alice Leal / Celimpilo Dladla

Multilingual language policies in institutions of higher learning

Wits University in South Africa

Magdalena Zehetgruber / Johannes Schnitzer

"Sorry for not writing in English, this is too much 'Beamtensprech'"

Multilingualism at the Department of Business Communication at Vienna University of Economics and Business

The potential of translanguaging

Expanding the concept of linguistic diversity

Michaela Rückl / Marie-Luise Volgger-Bahensky

What are the reasons and goals for learning and teaching second foreign languages?

Conceptual reflections on integrated language education at vocational secondary schools

Karin Martin / Colin Heller

Multilingualism in business and language management

A pilot project of CUAS's Intercultural Management Program to raise awareness among future managers about multilingualism in a business setting

Lívia Cristina Carvalho da Fonseca / Isis Ribeiro Berger

Managing multilingualism at the workplace

in vitro and in vivo language policies of Itaipu Hydroelectric powerplant

Sara Matrisciano-Mayerhofer

Exploring linguistic diversity in French employee magazines

A retrospective on Peugeot's crisis management

Monika Messner

Harmonizing symphonic multilingualism

Plurilingual practices in the professional setting of orchestra rehearsals

Johannes Schnitzer

Multilingualism and minority languages in external corporate communication

An analysis of Spanish websites

Eveliina Tolvanen / Anne-Maria Kuosa / Camilla Wide

Linguistic landscapes in healthcare

Language policy in practice

Magdalena Zehetgruber.

"Jede weitere Fremdsprache ist ein Vorteil, da man dadurch punkten kann"

Recruiting within and for linguistic diversity

Bernadette Hofer-Bonfim / Magdalena Zehetgruber

Exploring linguistic diversity

Insights from two panel discussions on needs, policies and practices

Martin Stegu

A comment on open questions and contradictions

Equalizent

Reflections on linguistic diversity in Austrian Sign Language

I feel like… gespalten. The challenges of linguistic diversity

Notes on the authors.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

3-7329-8831-7

9783732988310

OCLC:

1518473689