Julie+Bytheway's+presentation

Ø  Policies in place, but are they implemented? §  In practice, teachers choose §  Students learn current usage Ø  NS vs NNS and L1 vs L2   §   or highly proficient users (and other terms now irrelevant)? Ø  Selling ourselves as specialists §  Aim to meet expectations §  How do we explain issues to clients? Is a backstory required? §  Use conventions, databases, rules, style guides, standard and neutral forms ·  but neutral is misleading term ·  databases are different and moves towards consistency will be difficult Ø  What influences us? §  frequency, data §  we follow the world Ø  How important is accuracy? §  Accuracy is sometimes essential (e.g. economical/economy) <span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; msoansilanguage: EN-US; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">§  Inaccuracies sometimes only cause slight misunderstandings <span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; msoansilanguage: EN-US; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">Ø  BrE and NAmE are used for specific purposes and audiences <span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; msoansilanguage: EN-US; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">Ø  similar issues with differences between Dutch and Flemish <span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; msoansilanguage: EN-US; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">Ø  English as a global language <span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; msoansilanguage: EN-US; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">§  English and the internet are international <span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; msoansilanguage: EN-US; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">§  consistently inconsistent and tolerance for inconsistencies <span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; msoansilanguage: EN-US; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">§  English is the lingua academia <span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: NL; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; msoansilanguage: NL; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">Ø  Nuffic glossary - policy is neutral but with preference for BrE <span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; msoansilanguage: EN-US; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">Ø  Erasmus - central policy BrE but faculties (e.g. RSM) use NamE <span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; msoansilanguage: EN-US; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">Ø  Radboud – issues of proximity <span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; msoansilanguage: EN-US; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">Ø  RuG – some personal choice, e.g. President/Rector Magnificus <span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; msoansilanguage: EN-US; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">Ø  Twente – BrE policy but reality is mixed usage <span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; msoansilanguage: EN-US; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">Ø  Identification issues, political issues, cultural/linguistic imperialism <span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: NL; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; msoansilanguage: NL; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">Ø  Default spelling checker <span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: NL; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; msoansilanguage: NL; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">Ø  Only two EU universities have NAmE policy <span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; msoansilanguage: EN-US; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">Ø  Eindhoven – policy is NAmE English <span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; msoansilanguage: EN-US; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">§  difference between BrE and NAmE are downplayed <span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; msoansilanguage: EN-US; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">§  related to connection with Stanford <span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; msoansilanguage: EN-US; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">Ø  write an ‘advice’ <span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; msoansilanguage: EN-US; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">Ø  6-8 universities are using Binding Study Advice (BSA) <span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; msoansilanguage: EN-US; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">Ø  translating Dutch concepts and seeking accurate terms
 * Issues and practice **
 * Mixed usage **
 * British English **
 * American English **
 * Dutch English becoming established **