ERIC Number: EJ1239607
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020
Pages: 19
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ISSN: ISSN-1931-3152
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Turkish-English Bilingual Content in the Virtual Linguistic Landscape of a University in Turkey: Exclusive "De Facto" Language Policies
Keles, Ufuk; Yazan, Bedrettin; Giles, Amanda
International Multilingual Research Journal, v14 n1 p1-19 2020
With English as the lingua franca, numerous universities in non-English speaking countries offer programs with English medium of instruction (EMI) to receive international recognition in academia. These universities utilize their websites as primary sources for attracting prospective students and faculty from abroad. Drawing upon the distinction between de jure and de facto language policies and the notion of virtual linguistic landscapes, this study conducts a comparative content analysis of the Turkish and English homepages as subsections of the official website of Yildiz Technical University (YTU) in Turkey. It scrutinized the university's language policies in its provision of content in both languages on its website which is conceived as virtual linguistic landscape (VLL) construction. Our comparative analysis revealed that YTU's website content in English and Turkish is not aligned with its de jure policies, and found three main issues in YTU's VLL: (a) unavailable and inaccessible content, (b) inconsistent content, and (c) incomprehensible and unclear English content on the EN-v homepages. Our findings lead us to contend that the de facto language practices observed on YTU's official website appear to be inequitable because YTU's international students and faculty in the 100% EMI programs cannot utilize substantial amount of online resources.
Descriptors: Turkish, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Universities, Web Sites, Computer Simulation, Foreign Countries, Language of Instruction, Student Recruitment, Comparative Analysis, Content Analysis, Educational Policy, Language Usage, Foreign Students, Foreign Nationals, College Students, College Faculty
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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