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This is a book about language and education in one of the smallest European Union member-states, Luxembourg. It presents the results of an ethnographic study of code-switching and language ideologies among transnational, luso-descendant youngsters attending a number of youth centres in Luxembourg city. It offers a comprehensive description of the processes of construction and negotiation of new, emergent identities and ethnicities.
The author considers the implications of these results for language-in-education policy, including the EU policy of multilingualism. He criticizes mother-tongue education and advocates instead the use of «literacy bridges». Clearly argued and widely applicable, this book is essential reading for students and researchers interested in multilingualism, migration and education.

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Contents: Sociolinguistics – Multilingualism – Language-in-education – Luxembourg – Portuguese – Language ideologies – Code-Switching – Literacy bridge.

Multilingualism, Education and Change

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      Publisher: Peter Lang AG
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 03/12/2008
      ISBN13: 9783631572856, 978-3631572856
      ISBN10: 3631572859

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This is a book about language and education in one of the smallest European Union member-states, Luxembourg. It presents the results of an ethnographic study of code-switching and language ideologies among transnational, luso-descendant youngsters attending a number of youth centres in Luxembourg city. It offers a comprehensive description of the processes of construction and negotiation of new, emergent identities and ethnicities.
      The author considers the implications of these results for language-in-education policy, including the EU policy of multilingualism. He criticizes mother-tongue education and advocates instead the use of «literacy bridges». Clearly argued and widely applicable, this book is essential reading for students and researchers interested in multilingualism, migration and education.

      Table of Contents
      Contents: Sociolinguistics – Multilingualism – Language-in-education – Luxembourg – Portuguese – Language ideologies – Code-Switching – Literacy bridge.

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