English in Europe Today -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Dedication page -- Table of contents -- List of contributors -- Acknowledgement -- The dynamics of English in a multilingual Europe -- References -- The increasing role of English in Basque education -- 1. English in the Basque Country -- 2. English in education in the Basque Country -- 3. Early learning of English -- 4. CLIL and using English as an additional language of instruction -- 5. Future perspectives -- Acknowledgment -- References -- English language testing -- Introduction -- Background -- Actual test development -- Issues of a cross-cultural nature -- Conclusion -- References -- When comprehension is crucial -- 1. Introduction: English in the lives of German university students -- 2. Instructional discourse as lingua franca discourse and as EMI discourse -- 3. Getting nothing for the price of two? German students' perceptions of (and attitudes towards) English-medium instruction -- 4. Don't let it pass! Achieving comprehension in lingua franca instructional discourse: An example from a course in chemistry -- 5. Some consequences -- References -- English as a lingua franca and the Standard English misunderstanding -- Struggling towards ownership -- A developmental perspective -- Pedagogic implications -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- The early acquisition of English as a second language -- Introduction -- BFLA/BAMFLA, SLA and ESLA -- Young Chinese learners of English -- The sample -- Summary and conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- "The more languages, the more English?" -- Introduction -- 1. English and everyday Dutch -- 2. The linguistic integration of English loan words -- 3. Dutch abroad -- 4. Advertisements -- 5. Grammatical change through language contact? -- 6. Dutch, the global language system and Eurobarometer.

7. An interpreter in Brussels: Dutch as a small language among other languages in the European Union -- 8. Conclusion -- References -- Conceptualizing 'English' for a multilingual Europe -- References -- English as a foreign language -- English in the Netherlands -- Description of the research project -- Discussion -- References -- Index -- The AILA Applied Linguistics Series.