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

  • Kyria Rebeca Finardi Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo

Résumé

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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Biographie de l'auteur

Kyria Rebeca Finardi, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo
PhD em Linguística Aplicada, pós doutorado em inglês na Universidade de Genebra, Suíça, professora do Departamento de Linguagens, Cultura e Educação e dos Programas de Pós Graduação em Linguística (PPGEL) e Educação (PPGE) da Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo.
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2017-06-02
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Finardi, K. R. (2017). <b&gt;What can Brazil learn from multilingual Switzerland and its use of English as a multilingua franca. Acta Scientiarum. Language and Culture, 39(2), 219-228. https://doi.org/10.4025/actascilangcult.v39i2.30529
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Linguistique

 

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