Commentary on English―medium Teaching in European Higher Education.docVIP

Commentary on English―medium Teaching in European Higher Education 　　【Abstract】The article‘English medium teaching in European higher education’ is written by James Coleman，which was published in 2006 at Cambridge University Press.This article questioned the extent to which English is increasingly becoming ‘the language of higher education’ in Europe. But on the other hand， the wide adoption of using English medium in higher education has also brought some problem with the disadvantage of globalization.The author gives a brief introduction of the three parts of this article， makes a comprehensive summary and have some findings and conclusions of this article. 　　【Key words】“English medium teaching in European higher education”； introduction； summary； findings and conclusions. 　　【摘要】《欧洲高等教育中的英语教学》是James Coleman于2006年发表在剑桥大学出版社的一篇文章。作者在文章中质疑，英语在何种程度上逐渐成为欧洲“高等教育的语言”。但是另一方面，在高等教育中广泛使用英语教学同时也带来了全球化的一些问题。本文对该文章的三大部分内容进行简要的介绍，全面的概要，同时对该文章产生了一些发现和总结。 　　【关键词】《欧洲高等教育中的英语教学》 介绍 概要 发现和总结 　　Introduction 　　The article‘English medium teaching in European higher education’ is written by James Coleman who is a professor of language learning and teaching at UK’s Open University. This article was published in 2006 at Cambridge University Press. 　　This article questioned the extent to which English is increasingly becoming ‘the language of higher education’ in Europe. First， it describes the globalization by means of the spread of English as a lingua franca and of the marketization of higher education in European. Secondly， it explores the reasons for English-medium teaching in Higher Education Institutions across Europe. Thirdly， it predicts the possible trends of English medium teaching in higher education in European as the world people will use one which personal identity engaged and another language for international communication. 　　The first part of the article， the author concludes the description of globe context in the field of English spreading as a lingual franca