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Sprogpolitik i Danmark og Norden

Language policy in Denmark and the Nordic countries : The choice of language in research. Sprogpolitik i Danmark og Norden. 16th Nordic Congress of Generel Practice Copenhagen – Denmark 13 – 16 May 2009. Dorte Effersøe Gannik Research Unit of General Practice

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Sprogpolitik i Danmark og Norden

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  1. Language policy in Denmark and the Nordic countries: The choice of language in research Sprogpolitik i Danmark og Norden 16th Nordic Congress of Generel Practice Copenhagen – Denmark 13 – 16 May 2009 Dorte Effersøe Gannik Research Unit of General Practice Center for Health and Society University of Copenhagen

  2. Danish official statements on language policy • Retningslinier for en dansk sprogpolitik. Dansk sprognævn 2003 • Sprog på spil. Kulturministeriet 2003 • Sprogpolitisk redegørelse fra regeringen 2004 • Sprogpolitik på de danske universiteter. Rektorkollegiet 2003 • Internationalisering af de danske universiteter. Rektorkollegiet 2004 • Sprog til tiden. Regeringens sprogudvalg 2008 Dorte Effersøe Gannik 2009

  3. Declarationon a Nordic Language PolicyNordisk Ministerråd: Deklaration om nordisk språkpolitik 2006 • The viability of the Nordic languages • The function of the Nordic languages as regardstheirbeingsupportive of the Nordic states and societies • The role of Scandinavian languages in Nordic cooperation The declarationcontainspolitical statements about: Dorte Effersøe Gannik 2009

  4. Keyconcepts in the languagedebate[Danish conceptstranslatedinto English] • A completelanguage • A society supportivelanguage [samfundsbærende] • Languagedomain • Monolingualism • Multilingualism • Parallel lingualism[parallelsproglighed] Dorte Effersøe Gannik 2009

  5. Is Danish language under threat? • ”Since 2003 there is growingdominance of English in highereducation and therefore an increasingriskthat in fewyears Danish willno longer be a complete and a society supportivelanguage” Dansk sprognævn, 2007 • ”Luckily, Danish as a commonlanguage for speaking and writing is not in a threatened position. Luckily, because of all the languages in the world Danish is the onespecificallyadapted to the needs for expressionthatDanes have” Regeringens sprogudvalg, 2008 Dorte Effersøe Gannik 2009

  6. Examples of English displacing Danish and otherforeignlanguages in highereducation • 136 of 810 university studies wereoffered in English only in 2007. The share is increasing. • English spreadsdownwardintohighschool and secondaryschool • Otherforeignlanguage studies e.gGerman, French are cut back in universities and business schools • Share of Ph.D dissertations in Danish(2001) • technicaluniversity 4%, natural science 22%, social sciences 37%, humanities 72% Source: Governmentalreports (Sprog på spil 2003 , Sprog til tiden 2008) Dorte Effersøe Gannik 2009

  7. Costs of anglicizing the research domain • Democracycosts– increasinggapbetween researchers and population – weakening of public debate • Lowerqualityin research and teaching – imprecision, miscommunications, loss of nuances • Power issue– asymmetric relations of native and non-native English speakers/writers • A shift in research focustowardsissueswhichareuniversallyrecognisable and away from local and contextualissues Dorte Effersøe Gannik 2009

  8. The raison d’être for a Nordic congress: what is it? Dorte Effersøe Gannik 2009

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