
Language Education and the Challenges of Globalisation
Sociolinguistic Issues
Martin Solly(Author)
Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Published on 16. May 2014
Book
Hardback
225 pages
978-1-4438-5813-7 (ISBN)
Description
This book, by an international group of scholars, focuses on a number of sociolinguistic issues, some of them complex and controversial, linked to language education in the age of globalisation. It examines these in different contexts of immigration and super-diversity, in the light of new mobilities and new conceptualisations of changing social realities and language communities. The various investigations presented in the volume are often united and interconnected in their approaches to these key areas of focus, although each peer-edited chapter brings its own relevance to the work as a whole, and each reflects the complexities and practices of the particular contexts and speech communities examined.The insights presented provide a useful way of looking at the current state of the art of language education across the different levels of schooling and also within the various contexts analysed. Because of the increasing interest in language education as a result of both the growing number of migrant children in schools and the globalisation associated with the rapid spread of English, the volume will be of interest to a wide international readership, including scholars and students of sociolinguistics and language education.
Reviews / Votes
'This collection on 'Sociolinguistic Issues' grew out of a conference on language education in an international context. It comprises peer-reviewed papers from international scholars with an eclectic range of qualifications from all over the world. The case studies are equally broad, ranging from Cameroon to Mexico, and so provide some interesting perspectives on language policy and provision based on both research and practical experience. [....] This title will be of interest to people working in global education or who have an interest in sociolinguistics in an educational context.'- Tim Connell, The Linguist, 53:5 (October/November, 2014)More details
Edition
Unabridged edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Newcastle upon Tyne
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Unabridged edition
Product notice
With dust jacket
Dimensions
Height: 212 mm
Width: 148 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-4438-5813-7 (9781443858137)
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Sociolinguistic Issues
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Persons
Martin Solly is Associate Professor of English Language and Linguistics in the Department of Culture, Politics and Society at the University of Turin. He is particularly concerned with language education and the relationship between language and context (namely, institutional, disciplinary, intercultural, community), as well as with how language choice impacts on the construction and representation of identity.Edith Esch was Senior Research Fellow in the Faculty of Education of the University of Cambridge and is an Emeritus Fellow of Lucy Cavendish College. Her main current research is in second language education with a special interest in the influence of the British and French pedagogical cultures in post-colonial contexts and more particularly in multilingual societies in Africa where both are in contact.