Language and Discrimination

First Published in 1993. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

List of contents

Preface
Acknowledgements
Transcription conventions

1. Discrimination and language learning: an overview
2. Mapping interaction: practice and theory
3. Cross-cultural training
4. Ethnographic and linguistic analysis in the workplace
5. Language teaching and learning
6. Conclusion

Appendix 1: Industrial Language Training: its origins, aims and objectives
Appendix 2: The role of the National Centre for Industrial Language Training (NCILT)
Appendix 3: Race Relations Act 1976
Bibliography
Index

About the author

Celia Roberts is Emeritus Professor of Applied Linguistics at King's College London, UK. Her research interests include langauge and ethnicity, sociolinguistics and ethnography.

Summary

A text which looks at industrial language training and how it can be used to help inter-ethnic communication. It discusses the nature of cross-cultural training, provides examples and examines the workplace from an ethnographic and linguistic point of view.

Product details

• Authors: Davies, Evelyn Davies, Evelyn (Formerly Inspector Of Ed Davies, Jupp, Tom Jupp, Tom (Chief Inspector Of Education Jupp, Celia Roberts
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.08.1992
• EAN: 9780582552654
• ISBN: 978-0-582-55265-4
• No. of pages: 440
• Dimensions: 138 mm x 214 mm x 23 mm
• Weight: 508 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories