What can Brazil learn from multilingual Switzerland and its use of English as a multilingua franca

Autores

  • Kyria Rebeca Finardi Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4025/actascilangcult.v39i2.30529

Palavras-chave:

Multilingualism, the role of English, internationalization.

Resumo

The paper describes results of a study whose main aim was to analyze the role of English in the internationalization process of the University of Geneva in particular and in Switzerland in general, drawing some considerations regarding possible lessons for the Brazilian scenario in regards to the development of multilingualism.The theoretical background includes the review of the role of languages in general and of English in particular in the globalized scenario and the review of a language teaching approach, the intercomprehension approach, with some implications for the teaching of foreign languages in Brazil. The study concludes with some considerations regarding the role of English in Brazil and some suggestions to boost multilingualism there through the review of language policies and the use of the intercomprehension approach.

 

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Biografia do Autor

  • Kyria Rebeca Finardi, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo
    Doutora em Linguística Aplicada, professora permanente do Departamento de Linguagens, Cultura e Educação e dos Programas de Pós Graduação em Linguística (PPGEL) e Educação (PPGE) da UFES.

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Publicado

2017-06-02

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Linguística

Como Citar

What can Brazil learn from multilingual Switzerland and its use of English as a multilingua franca. (2017). Acta Scientiarum. Language and Culture, 39(2), 219-228. https://doi.org/10.4025/actascilangcult.v39i2.30529

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