Multilingualism - Couverture souple

Stavans, Anat

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1107471486 ISBN 13 : 9781107471481

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2015

Synopsis

How do children and adults become multilingual? How do they use their languages? What influence does being multilingual have on their identities? What is the social impact of multilingualism today and how do societies accommodate it? These are among the fascinating questions examined by this book. Exploring multilingualism in individuals and in society at large, Stavans and Hoffmann argue that it evolves not from one factor in particular, but from a vast range of environmental and personal influences and circumstances: from migration to globalisation, from the spread of English to a revived interest in minority languages, from social mobility to intermarriage. The book shows the important role of education in helping to promote or maintain pupils' multilingual language competence and multilingual literacy, and in helping to challenge traditional monolingual attitudes. A clear and incisive account of this growing phenomenon, it is essential reading for students, teachers and policy-makers alike.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Anat Stavans is a Professor in Applied Linguistics at Beit Berl College and a researcher at the Institute for Innovation in Education at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.

Charlotte Hoffmann was formerly Reader in Sociolinguistics at the University of Salford, UK.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 2015
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1107471486
• ISBN 13: 9781107471481
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 320
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