The Status of English in Bosnia and Herzegovina

When the former Yugoslavia disintegrated in the early 1990s, competence in English was not widespread. This book explores how English became equated with economic survival for many during and after the ensuing war. The diverse range of themes, from the classroom to the militar...

About the author

Louisa Buckingham lectures at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. Her research interests include sociolinguistics, area studies and multilingualism.

Product details

• Authors: Louisa Buckingham
• Assisted by: Louisa Buckingham (Editor)
• Publisher: Channel View Publications
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.07.2016
• EAN: 9781783095964
• ISBN: 978-1-78309-596-4
• No. of pages: 328
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 236 mm x 23 mm
• Weight: 635 g
• Series: Multilingual Matters; Multilingual Matters
• Subjects: Education and learning > Schoolbooks, general education schools; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Englisch, Osteuropa, Jugoslawien, Bosnien und Herzegowina, Fachbezogener Fremdsprachenerwerb, Übersetzen und Dolmetschen, ELT (Englisch als Fremdsprache): Prüfungen und Tests von Englisch für spezifische Zwecke