Adult language education and migration challenging agendas in policy and practice
"Language Education and Migration provides a lively and critical introduction to policy and practice in language migrant education in a range of countries around the world. Migration has become a contentious issue with the numbers and needs of migrants often outpacing the development of policy...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York :
Taylor & Francis
2015
2015. |
| Edición: | 1 ed |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009654606506719 |
| Sumario: | "Language Education and Migration provides a lively and critical introduction to policy and practice in language migrant education in a range of countries around the world. Migration has become a contentious issue with the numbers and needs of migrants often outpacing the development of policy and infrastructure. Policies that have been developed have been controversial and hotly contested such as the imposition of language tests for migrants and successive cuts to the funding of language classes for adults.Language Education and Migration:analyses and challenges language policies relating to adult migrants in nine countries examines theoretically-grounded aspects of practice provides a comparative study with separate chapters on policy and practice for each country.This book is essential reading for advanced students and researchers working in the area of language policy and language and migration"-- "Language Education and Migration provides a lively and critical introduction to policy and practice in language migrant education in a range of countries around the world. This book analyses and challenges language policies relating to adult migrants in nine countries, examines theoretically-grounded aspects of practice, and provides a comparative study with separate chapters on policy and practice for each country. This book is essential reading for advanced students and researchers working in the area of language policy and language and migration"-- |
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| Notas: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (291 p.) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781317512769 9781317512776 9780415733601 9781315718361 |
| Acceso: | Open access |
