English as an academic language at a Swedish university : parallel language use and the ‘threat’ of English

• Main Authors: Bolton, Kingsley, Kuteeva, Maria
• Other Authors: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: DRNTU::Humanities::Linguistics
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/93711; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/38405
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

In recent years, universities across Europe have increasingly adopted the use of English as an academic lingua franca. Our article discusses current trends in Swedish higher education by presenting the results of a large-scale survey on the use of English conducted at Stockholm University. The surve...