Multilingualism, Education and Change

von Jean-Jacques Weber

188 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

This is a book about language and education in one of the smallest European Union member-states, Luxembourg. It presents the results of an ethnographic study of code-switching and language ideologies among transnational, luso-descendant youngsters attending a number of youth centres in Luxembourg city. It offers a comprehensive description of the processes of construction and negotiation of new, emergent identities and ethnicities.

The author considers the implications of these results for language-in-education policy, including the EU policy of multilingualism. He criticizes mother-tongue education and advocates instead the use of «literacy bridges». Clearly argued and widely applicable, this book is essential reading for students and researchers interested in multilingualism, migration and education.

• Reihe: Sprache, Mehrsprachigkeit und sozialer Wandel. Language. Multilinguism and Social Change. Langue, multilinguisme et changement social
• ISBN: 9783631572856
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 03.12.2008
• Genre: Sprachwissenschaft, Literaturwissenschaft/Allgemeine und Vergleichende Sprachwissenschaft
• Verlag: Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
• Reihe herausgegeben von: Jürgen Erfurt