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OverviewThis book is an exploration of the vitality of multilingualism and of its critical importance in and for contemporary cities. It examines how the city has emerged as a key driver of the multilingual future, a concentration of different, changing cultures which somehow manage to create a new identity. The book uses the recent LUCIDE multilingual city reports as a basis for discussion and analysis, and deals with both societal and individual multilingualism in a way that draws on the full range of their historical, contemporary, visual/audible, psychological, educational and policy-oriented aspects. The book will be of interest to students and researchers of multilingualism, migration studies, European Studies, anthropology, sociology and urbanism. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Lid King , Lorna CarsonPublisher: Channel View Publications Ltd Imprint: Multilingual Matters Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.509kg ISBN: 9781783094776ISBN 10: 178309477 Pages: 240 Publication Date: 26 January 2016 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsContributors Preface 1. Lorna Carson and Lid King: Introduction: 'Multilingualism is Lived Here' 2. Itesh Sachdev and Sarah Cartwright: The Vitality of Urban Multilingualism 3. Lorna Carson: The Sights and Sounds of the Multilingual City 4. Maria Stoicheva: Urban Multilingualism: Bond or Barrier? 5. Peter Skrandies: Language Policies and the Politics of Urban Multilingualism 6. David Little: Languages at School: A Challenge for Multilingual Cities 7. Lid King: Multilingual Cities and the Future - Vitality or Decline? List of References IndexReviewsAn excellent way of understanding how language shapes cities just as much as nationality or ethnicity. With such understanding comes sensitivity and a greater chance of political harmony of very great importance today. - Tony Travers, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK This important new volume reports research on Europe's irretrievably multilingual cities and states where the challenges and rewards of multilingualism are sharply defined. Municipal authorities and national governments need to pay much more attention to the city as a site of language planning, of possible new conceptions of citizenship, and sites where much of the future of human relations will be negotiated. Joseph Lo Bianco, University of Melbourne, Australia An excellent way of understanding how language shapes cities just as much as nationality or ethnicity. With such understanding comes sensitivity and a greater chance of political harmony - of very great importance today. Tony Travers, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK I invite members of CercleS and anyone interested in any aspect of multilingualism and intercultural competence to read The Multilingual City. It is a highly readable text - as explained above, it offers a clear and coherent presentation of the vitality of the urban landscape, with authors not only frequently cross-referencing to each other's contributions but also commenting on their findings in the light of previous scholarly literature. -- Gillian Mansfield, Universita degli Studi di Parma, Italy http://www.cercles.org Author InformationAuthor Website: http://people.tcd.ie/carsonleLid King was Director of CILT and then between 2003 and 2011 was National Director for Languages taking forward the implementation of the National Languages Strategy for England. He was co-author - with Lord Ron Dearing - of The Languages Review, and has represented the UK on languages at both the European Union and the Council of Europe. He established the Languages Company in 2008, originally in order to support the national policy on languages and also to promote languages pedagogy and policy issues. Lorna Carson is Assistant Professor in Applied Linguistics and Director of the Trinity Centre for Asian Studies at Trinity College Dublin. Her teaching and research focuses on multilingualism with a particular emphasis on understanding the language classroom. She is President of the Irish Association for Applied Linguistics (IRAAL). Tab Content 6Author Website: http://people.tcd.ie/carsonleCountries AvailableAll regions |
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