The Minority Language as a Second Language
eBook - ePub

The Minority Language as a Second Language

Challenges and Achievements

  1. 218 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The Minority Language as a Second Language

Challenges and Achievements

About this book

This innovative collection is the first of its kind to showcase global perspectives on learning minority languages as second languages, offering unique insights into their acquisition and specific characteristics and raising greater awareness around other languages and contexts where SLA occurs.

The volume examines how minority languages are acquired as second languages across a range of geographic settings where these languages are unique minorities; that is, they are spoken in one or more states where they have a minority status. International case studies explore particular features of these languages as well as the challenges of teaching and learning them, including standardization, legal recognition at all educational levels, the dissemination of printed and digital materials and more or less limited language use in the local community. Highlighted languages include Ashaninka, Basque, Frisian, Hawaiian, Irish, Isthmus Zapotec, Quechua Chanka, Tonga and Welsh. Each chapter adopts a consistent structure, with a brief introduction to the sociolinguistic landscape, followed by sections on language use in education, research studies, reflections and discussions related to the learning of minority languages as second languages and the implication of these processes for the revitalization of minority languages.

Breaking new ground in second language acquisition research, this book is an indispensable resource for advanced students and researchers in SLA, multilingual education, bilingualism and sociolinguistics.

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Yes, you can access The Minority Language as a Second Language by Jasone Cenoz, Durk Gorter, Jasone Cenoz,Durk Gorter in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Languages & Linguistics & Linguistics. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Series
  4. Title
  5. Copyright
  6. Contents
  7. List of Editors
  8. List of Contributors
  9. 1 Second language acquisition and minority languages: an introduction
  10. 2 Power to the minorities: Ndebele L1–speaking teachers in Tonga-speaking communities in Zimbabwe
  11. 3 The acquisition and use of Irish as a minority language
  12. 4 Legitimising the ‘bilingual’: identity issues among L2 Welsh-speaking teenagers in English-medium schools in Wales
  13. 5 Learning of Indigenous languages in university settings: a decolonizing practice
  14. 6 Learning Indigenous languages as a second language in bilingual intercultural programs in Peru
  15. 7 Language proficiency and language use in Basque as a first or second language
  16. 8 Potential new speakers of Frisian in educational settings – implicit and explicit attitudes in learning a minority language
  17. 9 Building on the strength of identity in revitalizing Hawaiian on a foundation of second language learners
  18. Index