Learning and Teaching Multilingually in Higher Education

Erscheinungsjahr 2026
ISBN: 978-1-80041-217-0
Verlag: Multilingual Matters

Buch, Englisch, 150 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 410 g

Reihe: Second Language Acquisition

Critical and reflective discussion of the challenges and possibilities of increasingly multilingual higher education.

This book investigates the role and place of language in the complex process of internationalising academic knowledge and work, and offers a unique focus on the lived experiences of both teachers and students in multilingual university contexts.

The authors explore how multilingual teachers and students navigate issues of identity, authenticity and belonging, centring their voices and underscoring their beliefs, struggles and innovations when navigating multilingual higher education environments.

The book bridges policy, teaching practice and student experience in higher education and is grounded in empirical, cross-national research, providing a comparative insight into how multilingualism is experienced in different higher education systems. It provides fresh insights into what it means to teach and learn multilingually and envisions a more inclusive, humanised and equitable approach to multilingual higher education.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Yanaprasart, Patchareerat

Melo-Pfeifer, Sílvia

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Mehrsprachigkeit
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Bildungswesen: Organisation und Verwaltung
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Universitäten, Hochschulen
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Fremdsprachenerwerb und -didaktik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Yongyan Zheng: Foreword

1. Why a Book on Learning and Teaching Multilingually in Higher Education?

Part 1 Internationalisation of and Linguistic Diversity in Higher Education: Institutional Voices on an Apparent Conundrum

2. Internationalisation in and of Higher Education

3. Language Policies in Higher Education

4. Academic Mobility

Xuesong (Andy) Gao: Discussion Part 1: Learning Multilingually in Higher Education

Part 2 Multilingualism in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education: Issues of Legitimacy and Authenticity in Students’ Voices

5. The Bi-National Empirical Study: Methodological Considerations

6. Beliefs About Authentic (Multilingual) Teachers and Teaching in Higher Education

7. Students’ Beliefs About Multilingual Teachers and Teaching in Higher Education

8. Language, Knowledge and Power in Higher Education: Teaching and Producing Knowledge Multilingually

Vander Tavares: Discussion Part 2: Teaching and Living Multilingualism in Higher Education during Neoliberal Times

Susana Pinto: Afterword: Humanising Learning and Teaching in Higher Education Through Multilingualism

References

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Yanaprasart, Patchareerat
Patchareerat Yanaprasart is Senior Lecturer at the University of Geneva, Switzerland. Her research focuses on intercultural and multilingual communication, particularly in professional, educational and expatriate contexts, and explores how language, culture and identity interact in multilingual workplaces and international mobility.

Melo-Pfeifer, Sílvia
Sílvia Melo-Pfeifer is Full Professor at the University of Hamburg, Germany. Her research focuses on visual methods, multilingual pedagogies and language teacher education. She is Co-editor, with Paula Kalaja, of Visualising Language Students and Teachers as Multilinguals (Multilingual Matters, 2024).

Patchareerat Yanaprasart is Senior Lecturer at the University of Geneva, Switzerland. Her research focuses on intercultural and multilingual communication, particularly in professional, educational and expatriate contexts, and explores how language, culture and identity interact in multilingual workplaces and international mobility.

Sílvia Melo-Pfeifer is Full Professor at the University of Hamburg, Germany. Her research focuses on visual methods, multilingual pedagogies and language teacher education. Her publications include Visualising Language Students and Teachers as Multilinguals (with Paula Kalaja, Multilingual Matters, 2025).