Multilingualism and language diversity in urban areas [[electronic resource] ] : acquisition, identities, space, education / / edited by Peter Siemund ... [et al.]

• Pubblicazione: Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (388 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.44/6091732
• Soggetto topico: Multilingualism - Social aspects; Urban dialects; Language and languages - Variation; Languages in contact; Sociolinguistics
• Altri autori: SiemundPeter <1965-> GogolinIngrid SchulzMonika DavydovaJulia <1977->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Language acquisition, contact, and change -- Multilingual identities -- Urban spaces -- Education.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Multilingualism and language diversity in urban areas
• ISBN: 90-272-7221-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910786963303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Hamburg Studies on Linguistic Diversity