Reconfiguring Europe : the contribution of applied linguistics ; selected papers from the annual meeting of the British Association for Applied Linguistics King's College, London, September 2004

edited by Constant Leung and Jennifer Jenkins.

ISBN 10: 184553090X / ISBN 13: 9781845530907

Published by Equinox Publishing Ltd, 2005

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173 pages ; 24 cm. 1. Introduction / Constant Leung and Jennifer Jenkins -- 2. The devil in the kaleidoscope : can Europe speak with a single voice in many languages? / Arturo Tosi -- 3. Dealing with multilingualism in multicultural Europe : immigrant minority languages at home and school / Guus Extra -- 4. Prospects for linguistic diversity in Europe and beyond : views from a small island / Julia Sallabank -- 5. Figuring out the Englishisation of Europe / Robert Phillipson -- 6. Unity in diversity : English as a lingua franca for Europe / Juliane House -- 7. Data-driven learning in German for academic purposes : a corpus-based approach for specialist learners / Martina Mollering -- 8. Academic language development programme (widening participation) / Pascaline Scalone and Brian Street -- 9. Evaluating Europe : parameters of evaluation in the British press / Monika Bednarek -- 10. Use of language : a sign and cause of alienation / Natalie Braber.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Reconfiguring Europe : the contribution of applied linguistics ; selected papers from the annual meeting of the British Association for Applied Linguistics King's College, London, September 2004
• Publisher: Equinox Publishing Ltd
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 184553090X
• ISBN 13: 9781845530907
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Language
  • Linguistics

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Synopsis

Volume 20

Europe is going through a period of sustained and extensive social, political and economic transition, with language playing a pivotal role in this complex process. The papers in this volume address key issues including: nature and extent of multilingualism and multiculturalism; the role of English in the Europe Union; language, languages and democracy; and language and literacy development in emerging contexts.

About the Author

Constant Leung is Senior Lecturer in Language in Education and Jennifer Jenkins is Senior Lecturer in Applied Linguistics, both at King's College London