Multilingualism and English in Twenty-First-Century Europe

Recent Developments and Challenges

Buch | Softcover

206 Seiten

2016
Peter Lang Group Ag, International Academic Publishers (Verlag)
978-3-0343-2221-8 (ISBN)

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This book aims to tackle one of the most controversial and important linguistic, educational and societal debates in contemporary Europe. English is growing rapidly within, and spreading across, an increasing number of areas of society. This development is influenced by actions taken by national and supranational decision-makers, as well as global forces outside the control of any one state or political union. Europe’s founding principle of respecting and fostering diversity and equality of cultures and languages is being affected by the growing role of English across European countries, creating a de facto linguistic hierarchy and consequently a potential cultural hierarchy.
The essays collected here aim to examine existing debates and stimulate further discourse on the nurturing of multilingualism in Europe and the concomitant acquisition of English. By bringing together contributions focusing on multiple European countries and regions by researchers from a variety of linguistic and cultural backgrounds, this volume presents a snapshot of the current relationship between multilingualism and English and explores the challenges generated by this situation.

Clive W. Earls is Lecturer in German and Applied Linguistics in the School of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures at Maynooth University. He teaches and publishes primarily on applied linguistics, intercultural communication, language policy and planning and higher education policy, particularly regarding the teaching of foreign languages. He is the author of Evolving Agendas in European English-Medium Higher Education: Inter-culturality, Multilingualism and Language Policy (2016).

Erscheinungsdatum	04.09.2016
Reihe/Serie	Intercultural Studies and Foreign Language Learning ; 17
Verlagsort	Oxford
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Gewicht	300 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft
Schlagworte	Arnd • Century • challenges • clive • Developments • earls • English • Europe • First • Global English • harden • Language Policy • Multilingualism • Multilingualism and English in Twenty-First-Centur • Multilingualism and English in Twenty-First-Century Europe • recent • Theo • Twenty • Witte
ISBN-10	3-0343-2221-6 / 3034322216
ISBN-13	978-3-0343-2221-8 / 9783034322218
Zustand	Neuware