Multiculturalism, Multilingualism and the Self
Studies in Linguistics and Language Learning
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Beschreibung
This book offers several insights into cross-cultural and multilingual learning, drawing upon recent research within two main areas: Language Studies and Multilingual Language Learning/Teaching. It places particular emphasis on the Polish learning environment and Poles abroad.
Today’s world is an increasingly complex network of cross-cultural and multilingual influences, forcing us to redefine our Selves to include a much broader perspective than ever before. The first part of the book explores attitudes toward multiculturalism in British political speeches, joking behaviour in multicultural working settings, culture-dependent aspects of taboos and swearing, and expressive language of the imprisoned, adding a diachronic perspective by means of a linguistic study of The Canterbury Tales. In turn, the studies in the second part focus on visible shifts in contemporary multilingualism research, learners’ attitudes towards multiple languages they acquire, teachers’ perspectiveson the changing requirements related to multiculturalism, and immigrant brokers’ professional experience in the UK.
This book offers several insights into cross-cultural and multilingual learning, drawing upon recent research within two main areas: Language Studies and Multilingual Language Learning/Teaching. It places particular emphasis on the Polish learning environment and Poles abroad.
Today’s world is an increasingly complex network of cross-cultural and multilingual influences, forcing us to redefine our Selves to include a much broader perspective than ever before. The first part of the book explores attitudes toward multiculturalism in British political speeches, joking behaviour in multicultural working settings, culture-dependent aspects of taboos and swearing, and expressive language of the imprisoned, adding a diachronic perspective by means of a linguistic study of The Canterbury Tales. In turn, the studies in the second part focus on visible shifts in contemporary multilingualism research, learners’ attitudes towards multiple languages they acquire, teachers’ perspectiveson the changing requirements related to multiculturalism, and immigrant brokers’ professional experience in the UK.
Presents a collection of the latest research on multiculturalism and multilingualism in language and education Includes highly interesting themes: political speeches, humour, taboos and swearing, multicultural and multilingual learning With a special focus on the Polish learning environment and Poles abroad Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Autor*in
Danuta Gabryś-Barker
Themen in »Multiculturalism, Multilingualism and the Self«
Polish Language Learning Learning Environment of Polish People Specialized Language Registers Linguistic and Cultural Identity Self-expression Migrants Learning Language Culture and Foreign Language Learning