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Adult language education and migration : challenging agendas in policy and practice / edited by James Simpso and Anne Whiteside.
Van Pelt Library P119.32.E54 A38 2015
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Adult education--English-speaking countries.
- Adult education.
- Language policy--English-speaking countries.
- Language policy.
- Linguistic minorities--English-speaking countries.
- Linguistic minorities.
- English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers.
- English language.
- Language and languages--Study and teaching--English-speaking countries.
- Language and languages.
- Language and languages--Study and teaching.
- English-speaking countries.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 272 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; NewYork : Routledge, 2015.
- Summary:
- "Language Education and Migration provides a lively and critical introduction to policy and practice in language migrant education in a range of countries around the world. Migration has become a contentious issue with the numbers and needs of migrants often outpacing the development of policy and infrastructure. Policies that have been developed have been controversial and hotly contested such as the imposition of language tests for migrants and successive cuts to the funding of language classes for adults.Language Education and Migration:analyses and challenges language policies relating to adult migrants in nine countries examines theoretically-grounded aspects of practice provides a comparative study with separate chapters on policy and practice for each country.This book is essential reading for advanced students and researchers working in the area of language policy and language and migration"-- Provided by publisher.
- "Language Education and Migration provides a lively and critical introduction to policy and practice in language migrant education in a range of countries around the world. This book analyses and challenges language policies relating to adult migrants in nine countries, examines theoretically-grounded aspects of practice, and provides a comparative study with separate chapters on policy and practice for each country. This book is essential reading for advanced students and researchers working in the area of language policy and language and migration"-- Provided by publisher. Canada, Spain (Catalonia), Finland, France, Ireland, the Netherlands, the UK and the US
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780415733595
- 0415733596
- 9780415733601
- 041573360X
- OCLC:
- 889181606
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