Assesses historical "hyperpolyglot" linguistic high achievers who demonstrated an extraordinary capacity for learning and speaking languages, and explains the sources of such abilities and what it reveals about the nature of memory and language.
The 19th-century European notion of the one people-one language nation as the ideal state has been a very pervasive influence in spite of the fact that most countries in the world today are multilingual, that is they contain ethnic groups in contact and not infrequently in compe…
This book examines transnational identities, integration and linguistic practices on Jersey, one of the Channel Islands. Within the context of major historical events and migratory flows, the author considers the significance of the multicultural small island space, ideologies r…
CLIL: content and language integrated learning
by Marsh, David, Coyle, Do, Hood, Philip
CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning) is sinds een aantal jaren een belangrijke trend in het onderwijs. Dit boek, geschreven door lesgevers met ervaring in zowel basis als secundair onderwijs in Europa, wil een compleet overzicht van CLIL geven. Het vat de theorie same…
"The language of young people is central in sociolinguistic research, as it is seen to be innovative and a primary source of knowledge about linguistic change and the role of language. This volume brings together a team of leading scholars to explore and compare linguistic pract…
