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Minority Language Learning for Adult Migrants in Europe (2025)


Simpson, J., & Pöyhönen, S. (Eds.). (2025). Minority Language Learning for Adult Migrants in Europe. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003342892


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All authors or editors: Simpson, James; Pöyhönen, Sari

ISBN: 978-1-032-37977-7

eISBN: 978-1-003-34289-2

Publication year: 2025

Publication date: 27/09/2024

Number of pages in the book: 230

Publisher: Routledge

Place of Publication: New York

Publication country: United States

Publication language: English

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003342892

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Abstract

This collection examines the learning and teaching of minority languages for adult migrants in Europe, with studies featuring perspectives from adult migrants themselves as well as local authorities, teachers, education planners and representatives from working life.

The volume provides context on the attitudes and ideologies which inform adult migrant language education in different minority languages in Europe. Adult migrant language learners are understood here as newcomers settling and living in regions where the minority language is politically acknowledged and societally significant. The studies presented in the chapters are all original, and most are based on qualitative data such as interviews, ethnographic observations and policy documents. Some authors draw upon census and register data and surveys. The book is designed to be relatable to policy formation and implementation in other national contexts, in Europe and beyond.

This book will be of interest to postgraduate students and researchers in language education, language and migration, language and mobility, minority language studies, language policy and linguistic ethnography, as well as language policy professionals.


Keywords: languages; minority languages; linguistic minorities; language learning; language teaching; multilingualism; immigrants; migration (demography); language policy; international relations; sociolinguistics; applied linguistics

Free keywords: language and education; language policy and planning; sociolinguistics; language and culture; multilingualism; migration & diaspora; applied linguistics; language & linguistics; language & literature; international relations; politics & international relations


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