Teaching in English: A Contentious Debate

By Hans de Wit. One of the more controversial issues in internationalization is the dominance of English as language of instruction and the dissemination of scholarship.
Recently, two countries seem to be at the forefront of the debate. In Europe, The Netherlands has been implementing courses and degree programs in English since the mid-1990s. In Asia, South Korea leads other countries in developing English taught courses, a trend provoking considerable debate; In the Netherlands attitudes are shifting from rather positive to more critical assessments, resulting in a national discussion led by key scholars to abandon the unconditional use of English in the classroom. Read more...