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

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1853594806 ISBN 13: 9781853594809

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.

About this title

About the Author:

Jasone Cenoz is Associate Professor of English Linguistics at the University of the Basque Country (Spain). Her publications include Beyond Bilingualism: Multilingualism and Multilingual Education, co-edited with Fred Genesee (Multilingual Matters 1998). Ulrike Jessner is Associate Professor of English Linguistics at the University of Innsbruck (Austria). Her publications include A Dynamic Model of Multilingualism: Changing Perspectives in Psycholinguistics, co-authored with Philip Herdina (Multilingual Matters, forthcoming in 2000).

Synopsis:

This work is about 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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Multilingual Matters
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 1853594806
• ISBN 13: 9781853594809
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 288
• Editor: Cenoz Jasone, Jessner Ulrike