Language Development across the Life Span The Impact of English on Education and Work in Iceland

This book offers insights from a seven-year study into the impact of English as an International Language at a national level, from the effect of rich English input on a previously monolingual people's linguistic repertoire to its effect on the situated language use demanded of speakers who find themselves in a new linguistic environment for which they have not been prepared. The changes described in the book have occurred in a speech community that identifies strongly with the local language, but finds itself increasingly having to use another language to perform daily functions in education and work. Findings describe how the official language and educational policies have not addressed this new linguistic ecology of Iceland. The findings of these studies have larger international practical, educational, empirical, and theoretical implications and should be relevant to anyone interested in in the impact of English as an International Language.

Zusammenfassung

Insights from multilayered mixed method research that maps out the impact of English on a traditionally monolingual society
Queries Iceland's language education policies and whether they serve their purpose as intended
Offers data from tertiary institutions as well as from the workplace

Produktdetails

• Mitarbeit: Birn Arnbjörnsdóttir (Herausgeber), Ingvarsdóttir (Herausgeber), Birna Arnbjörnsdóttir (Herausgeber), Hafdís Ingvarsdóttir (Herausgeber), Ingvarsdóttir (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Springer, Berlin
• Inhalt: Buch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erscheinungsdatum: 01.01.2017
• Thema: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Pädagogik > Schulpädagogik, Didaktik, Methodik
• EAN: 9783319678030
• ISBN: 978-3-31-967803-0
• Anzahl Seiten: 222
• Illustration: VI, 222 p. 12 illus.
• Abmessung (Verpackung): 16.3 x 24.1 x 1.9 cm
• Gewicht (Verpackung): 455 g
• Serie: Educational Linguistics > .34; Educational Linguistics
• Themen: B, Educational Policy, Education, LIFELONG LEARNING, Sociolinguistics, Educational strategies & policy, Adult Education, Language Education, Adult education, continuous learning, Lifelong Learning/Adult Education, Educational Policy and Politics, Education and state, Language and education, Language Policy and Planning, Language policy