For the Dutch-speaking students, i will translate it': code-switching as discretionary transformation of emi language policy

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dc.contributor.authorDe Soete, Alexander
dc.date.accessioned2025-08-08T13:40:25Z
dc.date.available2025-08-08T13:40:25Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.description.abstractIn the study of english-medium instruction in higher education, attention is being drawn to discrepancies between codified language policy and its enactment in classroom practice. this can be situated in a larger trend in language policy studies, in which researchers document and analyze language policy as an interactional concept, revolving around norms which guide language selection and use. in this context, i discuss how lecturers discretionarily transform institutional policy through code-switching in interactions with students, resulting in the production of a micro-level classroom language policy. the dataset consists of 23 classroom recordings which capture the interactions between six engineering lecturers and their students in two english-medium engineering programs at a belgian university. drawing on street-level bureaucracy and frame analysis, i study code-switching in lecturer-student interaction, with a specific focus on the initiation, timing, procedure, and purpose of code-switching, including whether it involves meta-pragmatic commentary and/or enactment routines which seek, grant, or presume permission. findings highlight a functional distribution of code-switching driven by pedagogical and pragmatic considerations. in conclusion, the study brings into focus how an explanation for the unfolding multilingual dynamics of the english-medium classroom necessarily appeals to both activity-specific interactional expectations and (overlaps in) individual speakers’ repertoires.
dc.identifier.citationDe Soete, A., 2025. ‘For the Dutch-speaking students, I will translate it': code-switching as discretionary transformation of EMI language policy. Current Issues in Language Planning, pp.1-24.
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1080/14664208.2025.2471158
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10566/20661
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherTaylor & Francis Group
dc.subjectlinguistic
dc.subjectethnography
dc.subjecttertiary education
dc.subjectinteractional
dc.subjectlanguage policy
dc.titleFor the Dutch-speaking students, i will translate it': code-switching as discretionary transformation of emi language policy
dc.typeArticle

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