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Author : Peter Trudgill
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 45,51 MB
Release : 2021-11-11
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1108832962
Bringing together Trudgill's columns for the New European, this collection explores the influence of European language on English.
Author : Cecilio Lapresta-Rey
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 44,98 MB
Release : 2019-05-09
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1788923324
This book explores how different European education systems manage multilingualism. Each chapter focuses on one of ten diverse settings (Andorra, Asturias, the Basque Country, Catalonia, England, Finland, France, Latvia, the Netherlands and Romania) and considers how its education system is influenced by historical, sociolinguistic and legislative and political processes and how languages are handled within the system, stressing the challenges and opportunities in each area of study. The chapters provide the reader with insights around three key aspects: the management of the guarantee of the rights of regional language minorities; the incorporation of the language background inherited by immigrants living in Europe (whether they are European citizens or not) and the need to promote the learning of international languages. Individually, the chapters offer deep insights into a specific education system and, together, the studies allow for a comparison and holistic understanding of multilingualism in European education.
Author : David Lasagabaster
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 32,33 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1853599298
Despite the spread of multilingualism, the number of research studies in multilingual contexts is scarce. This book deals with this question by examining would-be teachers' language use and attitudes, as their influence on future generations can be enormous. The use of the same questionnaire and the same methodology allows the reader to compare the results obtained in different European bilingual contexts, where the presence of diverse foreign languages leads to a situation in which several languages are in contact.
Author : Michael Byram
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 47,33 MB
Release : 2012-06-06
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1847697305
A comparative study of the impact of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages produced by the Council of Europe in 2001, this book asks writers in European countries and countries in the Americas and Asia to explain the influence of the CEFR. For each country there is a policy-maker and an academic perspective.
Author : Marek Kohn
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 30,12 MB
Release : 2019-04-09
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0300245149
A compelling argument about the importance of using more than one language in today’s world In a world that has English as its global language and rapidly advancing translation technology, it’s easy to assume that the need to use more than one language will diminish—but Marek Kohn argues that plural language use is more important than ever. In a divided world, it helps us to understand ourselves and others better, to live together better, and to make the most of our various cultures. Kohn, whom the Guardian has called “one of the best science writers we have,” brings together perspectives from psychology, evolutionary thought, politics, literature, and everyday experience. He explores how people acquire languages; how they lose them; how they can regain them; how different languages may affect people’s perceptions, their senses of self, and their relationships with each other; and how to resolve the fundamental contradiction of languages, that they exist as much to prevent communication as to make it happen.
Author : Remi Sonaiya
Publisher :
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 47,87 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Language and languages
ISBN :
Author : Sue Wright
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 31,82 MB
Release : 2000-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781853594847
This book considers the issue of language in the European Union. Without a community of communication, the EU must remain a trading association run in an autocratic way by bilingual patrician technocrats; with a community of communication, the European Union could develop democratic structures and legitimacy and give meaning to its policies of free movement. How to achieve that community of communication is the biggest challenge facing Europe today.
Author : Charlotte Hoffmann
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 46,34 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781853593604
"This book offers a multidisciplinary approach to the consideration of aspects of Europe's linguistic and cultural heritage. The ten contributions explore the relationship between language, culture and modern communication, either taking Europe as a whole or looking at specific countries. The authors' backgrounds and expertise span a number of disciplines, from linguistics, sociolinguistics and translation studies to information technology and cultural studies."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Author : Prof. David Little
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 12,23 MB
Release : 2022-03-02
Category : Education
ISBN : 1800410204
Based on conference The CEFR: Towards a Road Map for Future Research and Development which was held at St Martin-in-the-Fields, London on February 7-8, 2020.
Author : Alistair Cole
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 137 pages
File Size : 11,21 MB
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 135154151X
Language constitutes a very sensitive nexus between the concepts of territory and community. Though a fundamental issue in contemporary societies, it remains relatively unaddressed by political scientists. This book promotes a better understanding of the connection between the concepts of identity, territory and language in the context of an enlarged Europe. We propose a portrait of the actual place of regional languages in European politics. Ethno-linguistic mobilisations have occurred in very different contexts, and their interpretation needs to take into account varying configurations and conditions of success that we label as situational, institutional, and socio-political. The book combines empirical case studies drawn from Spain, the UK, Poland, France, Ireland and Canada with comparative, conceptual and theoretical insights into linguistic uniformity and diversity. The various chapters in the book go beyond description. The originality of the work is to bridge the institutionalisation of language regimes, the sociological analysis of languages rights’ movements, and the normative underpinnings that ought to underpin language claims. This book was published as a special issue of Regional and Federal Studies.