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Symposium on Language Issues in EMI Universities across Asia. The Hall of Mirrors Re-visited: Monash University as a Site of Dynamic Language and Cultural Contact Rosemary Clerehan Monash University. Issues at Monash. 1 st student intake, 1961 - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Symposium on Language Issues in EMI Universities across Asia
The Hall of Mirrors Re-visited: Monash University as a Site of
Dynamic Language and Cultural Contact
Rosemary ClerehanMonash University
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Issues at Monash
• 1st student intake, 1961 • Highly diverse student – and staff – population• The monolingual meet the multicultural• “Local” and “international”• Staff responses• Student and staff support• Policy development, eg Internationalisation of
the curriculum• The “at-risk” student
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Berwick Campus
Berwick Campus
Caulfield Campus
Clayton Campus
Malaysia Campus
Parkville Campus
South Africa Campus
Gippsland Campus
Peninsula Campus
Prato London
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Monash off-shore campuses
CAMPUS Ac Staff
Total Staff
Stud’ts
Programs
Malaysia
(est. 1998)
112 251 2,450 5 u/g, 3 p/g
South Africa
(est. 2001)
57 166 524 4 u/g
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Monash 2005 Student Profile (n=52,400) Students born overseas: 25,479 (48.6%)
n = % of total
% LOTE at home
% on/off shore
Aust. citizens /residents
36,972 70.6% 24.3% n/a
International students
15,428 29.4% 90.5% 61.3% on-shore
37.7% off-shore
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Monash International and Domestic Students – time series
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
International
10,849 12,370 13,827 15,032 15,428
Domestic 34,805 35,876 35,894 36,894 36,972
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Monash 2005 Student Profile by Campus
Campus Total number
% Domestic
% Domestic speaking LOTE
at home
% Internat’l
% Internat’l speaking LOTE at
home
Berwick 1,948 76.4% 26.3% 23.6% 91.7%
Caulfield 12,861 64.5% 32.2% 35.5% 93.4%
Clayton 23,499 80.0% 24.3% 20.0% 89.0%
Gippsland 6,952 68.9% 10.0% 31.1% 89.9%
Parkville 1,239 83.2% 54.1% 16.8% 94.2%
Peninsula 2,927 87.6% 12.8% 12.4% 80.7%
Malaysia 2,450 0% 0% 100% 93.4%
Sth Africa 524 0% 0% 100% 72.9%
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Student and staff profiles
55,000 Students: Countries – 185 Languages – 134
~7,000 Staff: ?
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MSA Academic Staff – primary language
Language BusEc Arts InfoTech Acad Devel
English 10 6 7 7
Afrikaans 6 4 3 5
African Lang
1 5 1 4
French 1
Czech 1
Hindi 1
Japan 1
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Understandings of ELF
• ELF1 – some of the participants NNS• ELF2 – all participants NNS and do not
share same L1• ELF3 – all participants NNS and share
same L1• ELF 4 – a new code for interaction
among NNSsFrom Elder, Davies & Hamp-Lyons, 2006
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Patterns of ELF at Monash Campuses
ELF ELFIn class Out of class
Berwick ELF1 ELF1-4 Caulfield ELF1 ELF1-4 Clayton ELF1 ELF1-4 Gippsland ELF1 ELF1-4 Parkville ELF1 ELF1-4 Peninsula ELF1 ELF1-4 Malaysia ELF1-4 ELF1-4 Sth Africa ELF1-4 ELF1-3 Overseas centres and off-shore
programs: ELF 1-4
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Desirable directions
• More profound ecological understanding of the dimensions of the teaching-learning context
• Research-led IoC development within faculties
• Valuing of the learner and of multilingualism
• Greater on/off-shore interchange/exchange