Language Policies in Brazilian HEIs: A Nationwide Engagement

With the increasing participation of higher education institutions in the internationalization process motivated by the Capes-Print Program and the guidelines of the Languages without Borders (LwB) Program, in the past few years teams of HEI specialists have been engaging in debates and discussions concerning the language policies they deem necessary, desirable or crucial to be implemented.
Since 2017, with the HEI reaccreditation in the LwB Program, the LwB management team has been fomenting discussions that can guide the foreign language specialists to identify and address the needs of each academic community so that they can create a policy that strengthens the actions of the Program and internationalization within each HEI and abroad.
This communication aims to share insights on the policies that have already been approved in councils of HEIs and submitted to the Ministry of Education. A panorama will be presented by region, indicating what is most significant and important for each of them that could promote an improvement in the proficiency of the academic community.