This book deals with individual bilingualism, societal and educational phenomena and addressing issues such as bilingual usage, acquisition, teaching, and language planning and policy. The volume's major asset lies in its diversity of topics and in the range of languages and geographical regions covered.
Jean-Marc Dewaele is Professor in Applied Linguistics and Multilingualism, Birkbeck, University of London, UK. He has been working in the field for close to 30 years and has published extensively on multilingualism and emotion. He is General Editor of Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development.
Alex Housen is Professor of English Linguistics and Applied Linguistics in the Department of Linguistics & Literary Studies at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. His research focuses on linguistic, cognitive and social factors in second language acquisition, bilingualism, and bilingual and second language education. His recent publications deal with second language complexity and cognitive mechanisms in SLA.