A presentation from the TIS International Conference - Internationalisation of Pedagogy and Curriculum in Higher Education: Exploring New Frontiers June 2011.
Based on interviews with international students currently in program this paper will explore the difficulties that international students face and will offer some recommendations.
Denmark is considered “outer” or “expanding” circle in terms of the prevalence of English usage but students from across Europe and Asia come to study there because many courses and programs are taught in English and because the general population is conversant in English. However these students often find the “noise” of Danish a distraction within this environment and even an impediment to successful negotiation and completion of their program. This phenomenon is not an isolated one across Europe where many programs are now taught in English but the administrative frameworks continue to be in a non-English language.
