ENG: Engelsk valgfag 1 med skriftlig sprogfærdighed: English in multilingual contexts: Global perspectives, local realities

Danish educational and work contexts have become increasingly multilingual and multicultural. This growing linguistic and cultural diversity raises questions regarding how inclusion is ensured. Can we embrace multilingualism and maintain inclusive, equitable, and just educational and workplace settings? Do new technological advances help establish inclusiveness or widen the gap between different groups?

This course explores the role of English in multilingual educational and work contexts, with a particular focus on its position in Denmark. Taking an interdisciplinary perspective on multilingualism, students will engage with classic and recent theories in sociolinguistics, language policy, and language acquisition. Using a case-based approach, students will use different analytical tools to explore different linguistic and culturally diverse settings. As part of the course, students will work with data from the project Towards a New Model of Communicative Competence (MCC) project to illustrate how English interacts with other languages in higher education.