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Reconfiguring Europe : the contribution of applied linguistics ; selected papers from the annual meeting of the British Association for Applied Linguistics King's College, London, September 2004

Title
  1. Reconfiguring Europe : the contribution of applied linguistics ; selected papers from the annual meeting of the British Association for Applied Linguistics King's College, London, September 2004 / edited by Constant Leung and Jennifer Jenkins.
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  1. London ; Oakville, CT : British Association for Applied Linguistics in association with Equinox Pub., 2006.

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Additional authors
  1. Leung, Constant, 1950-
  2. Jenkins, Jennifer, 1950-
  3. British Association for Applied Linguistics. Meeting 2004: King's University, London.
Description
  1. 173 pages; 24 cm.
Summary
  1. "Europe is going through a period of sustained and extensive social, political and economic transition, with language playing a pivotal role in this complex process. The papers in this volume address key issues including: the nature and extent of multilingualism and multiculturalism; the role of English in the Europe Union; language, languages and democracy; and language and literacy development in emerging contexts."--Jacket.
Series statement
  1. British studies in applied linguistics ; v. 20
Uniform title
  1. British studies in applied linguistics ; 20.
Subject
  1. European Union
  2. Since 1989
  3. Multilingualism > Europe
  4. Cultural pluralism > Europe
  5. Language policy > Europe
  6. English language > Political aspects > Europe
  7. Cultural pluralism
  8. English language > Political aspects
  9. Language policy
  10. Multilingualism
  11. Politics and government
  12. Englisch
  13. Mehrsprachigkeit
  14. Sprachpolitik
  15. Engels
  16. Meertaligheid
  17. Europe > Politics and government > 1989-
  18. Europe
  19. Europa
  20. Europa (geografie)
  21. Englisch
Contents
  1. 1. Introduction / Constant Leung and Jennifer Jenkins -- 2. The devil in the kaleidoscope : can Europe speak with a single voice in many languages? / Arturo Tosi -- 3. Dealing with multilingualism in multicultural Europe : immigrant minority languages at home and school / Guus Extra -- 4. Prospects for linguistic diversity in Europe and beyond : views from a small island / Julia Sallabank -- 5. Figuring out the Englishisation of Europe / Robert Phillipson -- 6. Unity in diversity : English as a lingua franca for Europe / Juliane House -- 7. Data-driven learning in German for academic purposes : a corpus-based approach for specialist learners / Martina Mollering -- 8. Academic language development programme (widening participation) / Pascaline Scalone and Brian Street -- 9. Evaluating Europe : parameters of evaluation in the British press / Monika Bednarek -- 10. Use of language : a sign and cause of alienation / Natalie Braber.
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references.