… on English in their own region of Europe. During the course of the project 120 papers were
presented, reporting on research projects from across Europe … through the medium of English. …

The publication of this volume comes at a time of increased debate, and tensions, over
language issues in Europe, and of change in the academic discipline of language policy and …

… students’ attitudes toward learning English and other European languages studied at … global
status of English. This can be a positive stimulus for students’ attitudes toward English but it …

… to various kinds of English (American, Indian, British, ‘European’), so … English: the European
English mentioned in the survey does not exist. The French English and German English are …

… the aim of improving students’ English. It is a term used across … to Europe, although some
research in non-European contexts … interesting European contexts. A survey conducted by the …

… impact because empirical studies of attitudes toward English among Germans are few. Yet,
the extensive use of English and consumption of English language cultural products could …

… These laws show clearly that the official attitude towards English in France is highly negative;
the laws are attempting to ensure that English terms are used as rarely as possible and …

… using English for international encounters. However, this favourable attitude towards English
is … enough, institutional monolingualism on the European level was met with scepticism. …

… of relatively restrictive or open and liberal attitudes towards the influx of foreign words; often
purist attitudes were specifically directed against English. It is particularly interesting to see …

… suggesting the building of an EU core group and the proposals for EU-wide tax harmonisation
at the 1999 EU summit in Helsinki. In both cases, English translations of statements by …