27.2721, Qs: English (as MOI) in the German education system

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Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2016 11:04:58
From: Robert Fuchs [robert.fuchs at uni-muenster.de]
Subject: English (as MOI) in the German education system

 
For a study on attitudes to the use of English in Germany and the Netherlands,
Alison Edwards and I are looking for information on how frequently English is
used as a medium of instruction in German schools and universities.

What we know so far is:

- What percentage of school students learn English as a foreign language at
school
(Malecki 2016)

- Some German schools teach specific subjects (e.g. geography) through English
- Q: *How common is this? (number/ratio of school students in (partly)
bilingual programs)*

- Some (very few) degrees at German universities are taught in English, and
within degrees taught in German there may occasionally be a class taught in
English (approximate data is provided by Ammon &McConnell 2002, Coleman 2006) 
- Q: *What percentage of degrees/students is currently taught through
English?*

Any help would be greatly appreciated. I will post a summary of all answers
afterwards.

Ammon, U. & G. McConnell (2002). English as an academic language in Europe: A
survey of its use in teaching (Duisburger Arbeiten zur Sprach- und
Kulturwissenschaft 48). Bern: Peter Lang. 
Coleman, James A. (2006). English-medium teaching in European Higher
Education. Language Teaching,
39(1) pp. 1–14.
Malecki, Andrea. 2016. Schulen auf einen Blick. Ausgabe 2016. Wiesbaden:
Statistisches Bundesamt.
https://www.destatis.de/DE/Publikationen/Thematisch/BildungForschungKultur/Sch
ulen/BroschuereSchulenBlick0110018169004.pdf?__blob=publicationFile

(Thanks to Alex Kautzsch for pointing us to the Malecki reference)

-- 
Dr. Robert Fuchs | English Linguistics | University of Münster | Johannisstr.
12 - 20 | D-48143 Münster, Germany |
https://uni-muenster.academia.edu/RobertFuchs
 

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics
                     Sociolinguistics

Subject Language(s): English (eng)



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