Internationalization and Language Policies in Brazil: What is the Relationship?

Guimarães, Felipe Furtado; Finardi, Kyria Rebeca; Casotti, Janayna Bertollo Cozer

doi:10.1590/1984-6398201913553

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Articles • Rev. bras. linguist. apl. 1919 (22) • Apr-Jun 2019 • https://doi.org/10.1590/1984-6398201913553 copy

Internationalization and Language Policies in Brazil: What is the Relationship?

Internacionalização e políticas linguísticas no Brasil: qual a relação?

Authorship SCIMAGO INSTITUTIONS RANKINGS

ABSTRACT

The article reflects on the relationship between the internationalization of higher education and language policies in Brazil. The study provides a review of language policy literature and internationalization policies materialized in national programs, such as the Science without Borders (SwB) and the Languages without Borders (LwB). The analysis of internationalization policies suggests that language policies are at the core of the internationalization agenda, concerning the role of English in this process; however, the role of other foreign/additional languages (L2s) still seems to be disconnected, whereby other languages lack funding and alignment with solid language policies at all educational levels. The analysis of language policies reveals the need to think about the role of L2s at different educational levels as well as in multilingualism in Brazil and in the internationalization of higher education.

KEYWORDS:
internationalization; language policies; foreign languages; multilingualism

Year	Author	Definition
1992	Arum and Van de Water	The multiple activities, programs, and services that are included in international studies, international educational exchanges, and technical cooperation.
1994	Knight	The process of integrating an international and intercultural dimension into the teaching, research, and services functions of an institution.
1997	Van der Wende	Any systematic effort to make higher education responsive to the demands and challenges related to the globalization of societies, the economy, and labor markets.
2002	Soderqvist	A process of moving from a national institution of higher education to an international institution of higher education, leading to the inclusion of an international dimension in all aspects of its holistic management, in order to improve the quality of teaching and learning, and achieve the desired skills.

2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
FEA-RP USP	PUC Paraná	FAE	PUC Rio Grande do Sul	• Universidade Federal de Viçosa	• Universidade Regional de Blumenau	• Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina
				• Universidade Federal do ABC	• Fundação Getúlio Vargas	• Universidade Federal do Paraná
				• USP	• Univates	• Universidade de Fortaleza
				• UTFPR		• Universidade Federal Fluminense
						• UNIFACS
						• Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto

Faculdade de Letras - Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais - Faculdade de Letras, Av. Antônio Carlos, 6627 4º. Andar/4036, 31270-901 Belo Horizonte/ MG/ Brasil, Tel.: (55 31) 3409-6044, Fax: (55 31) 3409-5120 - Belo Horizonte - MG - Brazil
E-mail: rblasecretaria@gmail.com

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[1] Contribution of Authors Each author contributed to this study, as follows: Felipe Guimarães worked on the contextualization of internationalization and language policies, including the theoretical framework and literature review, as well as the institutional and governmental documents related to the main topics of this study. Kyria Finardi worked on the analysis of national policies and programs and their relation with language policies, and Janayna Casotti worked on the issues related to the definitions surrounding language policies, including their origins and developments, as well as the topics related to Portuguese as an additional language (PAL).