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The Representation of Internationalization in Higher Education in the Philippines: The Case of the University Newsletter

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This study employs a critical discourse analytic approach in drawing out the thematic formulations of the discourses of internationalization in higher education from issues of a university newsletter from a span of 5 years (2005–2010). Specifically, it examines the representation of the institution with regard to discourses of internationalization through an analysis of the ideational metafunctions manifested in the texts’ headlines. Conducting an analysis of aspects such as transitivity, nominalization/passivization, lexis, and the representation of social actors intends to reveal the salient qualities of the discourse of internationalization embedded in these headlines.

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Abbreviations

SED:

School of Education

SBE:

School of Business and Economics

CHED:

Commission on Higher Education

Gruans:

Members of GRU

NCR:

National Capital Region

SOE:

School of Engineering

RP:

Republic of the Philippines

DoE:

Department of English

ME:

Mechanical Engineering

NCCA:

National Center for Culture and the Arts

SBERD:

School of Business and Economics Research and Development

SoCS:

School of Computer Studies

GRUIG:

Green Research University Institute for Governance

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Acknowledgments

The authors wish to thank Agnes Francisco, Daylinda Laput, and Teresita Borres for serving as inter-raters for the data analysis.

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  1. Department of English and Applied Linguistics, De La Salle University, Manila, 1501 Andrew Gonzalez Hall, 2269 Taft Avenue, Manila, Philippines

    Paolo Nino Valdez

  2. The Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, UK

    Kate Steel

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Valdez, P.N., Steel, K. The Representation of Internationalization in Higher Education in the Philippines: The Case of the University Newsletter. Asia-Pacific Edu Res 23, 125–133 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40299-013-0086-9

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