Contemporary Bilingualism Llanito and Language Policy in Gibraltar: A Study - Couverture souple

Chevasco, David

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 849828791X ISBN 13 : 9788498287912

Editeur : Editorial UCA, 2019

Synopsis

A mixed methods study into language use among young adults in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. It examines attitudes towards speaking English and Spanish, and includes the first ever data set on the code-switching vernacular: Llanito, exploring the uses and acceptance of Llanito in Gibraltarian society. English is found to be the most appropriate language in all settings and Llanito emerges as the language of choice in social and intimate situations. The future of English-Spanish bilingualism on the rock is deemed uncertain, and the suggestion of a bilingual education system is endorsed by a majority of the participants. At a challenging time in Gibraltar’s unique post-Brexit trajectory, the author concludes that the local government, and Gibraltarian parents and carers, should ensure the survival of English-Spanish bilingualism for both practical and ancestral reasons, and that Llanito should be accepted and protected as a local dialect in the British Overseas Territor.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

David Chevasco was born in Gibraltar in 1981. As a bilingual with a keen interest in languages and literature, he studied English language and literature at The University of Reading (UK), graduating in 2002, and attained his CELTA (Cambridge Certificate of English Language Teaching) in Rome, Italy in 2003. In 2017 he completed an MA in TESOL with University College London. He has taught English as a second or foreign language in Italy, the UK, Spain, where he became Director of Studies for the New English Centre in Malaga, and Japan since 2015, where he is currently a full-time lecturer at Chiba University.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Editorial UCA
• Date d'édition: 2019
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 849828791X
• ISBN 13: 9788498287912
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 110
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible