Adult language education and migration : : challenging agendas in policy and practice / / edited by James Simpson and Anne Whiteside.
"Language Education and Migration provides a lively and critical introduction to policy and practice in language migrant education in a range of countries around the world. Migration has become a contentious issue with the numbers and needs of migrants often outpacing the development of policy...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ;, New York : : Routledge,, 2015. |
| Year of Publication: | 2015 |
| Edition: | 1 ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (291 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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| Summary: | "Language Education and Migration provides a lively and critical introduction to policy and practice in language migrant education in a range of countries around the world. Migration has become a contentious issue with the numbers and needs of migrants often outpacing the development of policy and infrastructure. Policies that have been developed have been controversial and hotly contested such as the imposition of language tests for migrants and successive cuts to the funding of language classes for adults.Language Education and Migration:analyses and challenges language policies relating to adult migrants in nine countries examines theoretically-grounded aspects of practice provides a comparative study with separate chapters on policy and practice for each country.This book is essential reading for advanced students and researchers working in the area of language policy and language and migration"-- "Language Education and Migration provides a lively and critical introduction to policy and practice in language migrant education in a range of countries around the world. This book analyses and challenges language policies relating to adult migrants in nine countries, examines theoretically-grounded aspects of practice, and provides a comparative study with separate chapters on policy and practice for each country. This book is essential reading for advanced students and researchers working in the area of language policy and language and migration"-- |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. |
| ISBN: | 1317512766 1317512774 041573360X 1315718367 |
| Access: | Open access |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | edited by James Simpson and Anne Whiteside. |