Everyday Multilingualism

Reviews / Votes

"Aniko Hatoss has provided us with a fascinatingly intricate portrait of multilingualism as experienced in a wide range of diverse streets in Sydney. Her book has been carefully crafted to privilege the lived experiences of multilingualism of both student ethnographers and local residents, whilst interweaving theoretical, methodological and pedagogical insights. Underpinned by a commitment to social justice and to valuing our multilingualism, the book makes a valuable contribution to our understanding of linguistic landscapes and the stories we can find in them. Through it, we get to know Sydney in a dazzlingly rich way."---Professor Terry Lamb, University of Westminster

"Suburbia is frequently characterised as bland and mundane. Yet in the metropolis, it is often in suburban landscapes that languages, cultures, and identities are on full display. This book brings alive the lived experience of Sydney suburban multilingualism to discuss the broader socio-cultural and linguistic implications of linguistic diversity. These discussions are urgently needed in student and teacher education, and Hatoss presents a thought-provoking project that grounds critical language awareness and intercultural competence development in everyday lived multilingual experience."---Associate Professor Alice Chik, Macquarie University