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Multilingualism and language diversity in urban areas : acquisition, identities, space, education / edited by Peter Siemund ... [et al.].
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Hamburg Studies on Linguistic Diversity
- Hamburg studies on linguistic diversity, 2211-3703 ; v. 1
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Multilingualism--Social aspects.
- Multilingualism.
- Urban dialects.
- Language and languages--Variation.
- Language and languages.
- Languages in contact.
- Sociolinguistics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (388 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Because of the power and international status of English, and because of real or perceived pressures to 'assimilate' persons from non-English speaking cultural backgrounds, educators in English-dominant countries are likely to have a primary focus on the academic achievement of learners based on monolingual (English) standards and benchmarks. 'Success' in educational contexts is likely to reflect the common sense view "the more English, as early as possible, the better the outcome", which, while intuitively logical, is not supported by the best available research on the acquisition of English
- Contents:
- Language acquisition, contact, and change
- Multilingual identities
- Urban spaces
- Education.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 9789027272218
- 9027272212
- OCLC:
- 844428732
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