Language, Ethnicity and Education

Erscheinungsjahr 1998
ISBN: 978-1-85359-430-4
Verlag: Channel View Publications - IPSUK

Buch, Englisch, 144 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 371 g

Reihe: Multilingual Matters

The book presents case studies of immigrant minority groups and immigrant minority languages in Europe and abroad, analysed from demographic, sociolinguistic, and educational perspectives. The demographic perspective focuses on the role of language and ethnicity in multicultural population statistics, the sociolinguistic perspective on the vitality of immigrant minority languages, and the educational perspective on the status of immigrant minority languages in education.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Broeder, Peter

Extra, Guus

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Fremdsprachenerwerb und -didaktik
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Bildungssystem Bildungspolitik, Bildungsreform

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface

Introduction

1 Demographic Perspectives: Case Studies on Immigrant Minority Groups in Population Statistics

2 Sociolinguistic Perspectives: Case Studies on the Vitality of Immigrant Minority Languages

3 Educational Perspectives: Case Studies on the Status of Immigrant Minority Languages in Education

References

Appendices

Über Autor(innen)

Extra, Guus
Guus Extra is director of Babylon, Center for Studies of Multilingualism in the Multicultural Society at Tilburg University (the Netherlands) and professor of language and minorities at the same university.

Peter Broeder and Guus Extra are members of the Research Groups on Language and Minorities at Tilburg University, the Netherlands. They have published books and articles on first and second language acquisition by ethnic minorities in the Netherlands and in a wider European context. They also contributed to the European Science Foundation project on adult language acquisition by immigrants in Europe. Peter Broeder is senior lecturer and Guus Extra is professor of language and minorities at Tilburg University.