164153 20251127172930.0 doi 10.3828/ejlp.2021.12 sideral 125264 ART-2021-125264 eng Villares, Rosana Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0002-6070-5526 EMI, international visibility and competitiveness: A corpus-assisted discourse study of Spanish higher education internationalisation plans 2021 One of the main goals of Spanish higher education is the consolidation of an internationalised university system through international visibility, attractiveness, competitiveness and collaboration. As the literature reports, English plays a relevant role in internationalisation strategies, so this paper examines the relationship between internationalisation and English in institutional documents. Corpus linguistics and critical discourse analysis were used to identify language-related strategies and interpret the language beliefs underlying the promotion of English in the Spanish university context. Results showed that the main language-related strategy was English-medium instruction (EMI) because it promotes the international visibility of universities and helps local students improve their foreign language competence. Measures to support bilingual education were found regarding language training and accreditation. Furthermore, the discourses of globalisation, excellence and employability support the position of English as the international language. Therefore, the introduction of English as another working language in the universities’ linguistic repertoire is widely accepted, although institutional support and constant language training measures are considered essential for the success of internationalisation goals. Access copy available to the general public Unrestricted info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MINECO/FFI2015-68638-R info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess by-nd https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/deed.es 0.218 2021 Linguistics and Language 2021 Q2 1.6 2021 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion 3004 345 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Filolog.Inglesa y Alema. Área Filología Inglesa 13, 2 (2021), 201-222 European Journal of Language Policy 1757-6830 586134 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/164153/files/texto_completo.pdf Postprint 1920701 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/164153/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon icon Postprint oai:zaguan.unizar.es:164153 articulos driver 2025-11-27-15:16:02 ARTICLE