English in Europe: The Acquisition of a Third Language: 19 (Bilingual Education & Bilingualism) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1853594792 ISBN 13: 9781853594793

Publisher: Multilingual Matters, 2000

Synopsis

This book emerges as a response to the increasing use of English as a lingua franca in the multilingual European context. It provides an up-to-date overview of the sociolinguistic, psycholinguistic and educational aspects of research on third language acquisition by focusing on English as a third language.

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About the Authors

Jasone Cenoz is Professor of Research Methods in Education at the University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Spain, and a member of the advisory committee of the Organization of Ibero-American States (OEI). Her research focuses on multilingual education, bilingualism and multilingualism. She has published extensively and has presented her work at numerous international conferences and seminars.

Jessner, Ulrike is Professor at the University of Innsbruck (Austria) and the University of Pannonia, Veszprem (Hungary) where she acts as founding member of the International Doctoral School of Multilingualism. She has published widely in the field of multilingualism with a special focus on the acquisition of English in multilingual contexts. She is the co-author of A Dynamic Model of Multilingualism (with Philip Herdina in 2002) which pioneered DSCT in language acquisition research.

Edition details

• Publisher: Multilingual Matters
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1853594792
• ISBN 13: 9781853594793
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288
• Editor: Cenoz Jasone, Jessner Ulrike