02933nam 2200697 a 450 991081766460332120240313220356.090-272-7221-2(CKB)2670000000360785(EBL)1191555(SSID)ssj0000886411(PQKBManifestationID)12429131(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000886411(PQKBWorkID)10837402(PQKB)10060113(MiAaPQ)EBC1191555(Au-PeEL)EBL1191555(CaPaEBR)ebr10704721(CaONFJC)MIL492451(OCoLC)844428732(PPN)193867567(EXLCZ)99267000000036078520121226d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrMultilingualism and language diversity in urban areas acquisition, identities, space, education /edited by Peter Siemund ... [et al.]1st ed.Amsterdam ;Philadelphia John Benjamins Pub. Co.20131 online resource (388 p.)Hamburg studies on linguistic diversity,2211-3703 ;v. 1Description based upon print version of record.90-272-1414-X Includes bibliographical references and indexes.Language acquisition, contact, and change -- Multilingual identities -- Urban spaces -- Education.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 EnglishHamburg Studies on Linguistic DiversityMultilingualismSocial aspectsUrban dialectsLanguage and languagesVariationLanguages in contactSociolinguisticsMultilingualismSocial aspects.Urban dialects.Language and languagesVariation.Languages in contact.Sociolinguistics.306.44/6091732Siemund Peter1965-946177Gogolin Ingrid499011Schulz Monika486267Davydova Julia1977-1660784MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910817664603321Multilingualism and language diversity in urban areas4054079UNINA