Migration, Multiculturalism and Language Maintenance in Australia - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Migration, Multiculturalism and Language Maintenance in Australia write by Beata Leuner. This book was released on 2008. Migration, Multiculturalism and Language Maintenance in Australia available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Analyses 'push' and 'pull' factors for migration from Poland to Australia and examines the costs of migration; Polish migrants' experiences of Australia's multicultural policy; an evaluation of parent's migration by their children' re-migration to Poland and much more. Beata Leuner, Monash University.
Displacement, Language Maintenance and Identity
Displacement, Language Maintenance and Identity - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Displacement, Language Maintenance and Identity write by Anikó Hatoss. This book was released on 2013-12-15. Displacement, Language Maintenance and Identity available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This monograph presents an ecological perspective to the study of language maintenance and shift in immigrant contexts. The ecology incorporates past, present and future and treats spatial and temporal dimensions as the main organizing frames in which everyday language use and identity development can be explored. The methods combine a quantitative domain-based sociolinguistic survey with discourse analytic approaches. The novel approach is valuable for fellow researchers working in interdisciplinary fields of language maintenance, language shift, multilingualism andlanguage planning in migration contexts. The ecological perspective adds to sociolinguistic theories of globalization and responds to current dynamics of translocality in modern immigrant contexts. The research presents language use and language planning efforts in the Sudanese community of Australia. Language, culture, race and ethnic identity are explored in unique sociolinguistic contexts using an emic research lens and giving voice to the participants.
The Politics of Language in Australia
The Politics of Language in Australia - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Politics of Language in Australia write by Uldis Ozolins. This book was released on 1993-05-28. The Politics of Language in Australia available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book traces language policy in Australia from World War II to the present, examining the changes in government policy over this time, and changes in major public institutions due to the presence of these languages. The major focus is on changes in the education and broadcasting systems, with attention also to interpreting/translating, industrial relations and the role of languages in diplomacy and trade. Dr. Ozolins places language in the context of multicultural politics and shows that government language policies that were once prompted by suspicion now accept and even encourage cultural and linguistic maintenance. In fact Australia has introduced many innovations of international significance in language policy, particularly with the National Language Policy, announced in 1987. This policy marked a decisive change in political assumptions toward languages in postwar Australia because it recognized the importance of languages other than English.
Immigration, Language and Multiculturalism in Australia
Immigration, Language and Multiculturalism in Australia - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Immigration, Language and Multiculturalism in Australia write by Barry R. Chiswick. This book was released on 2010. Immigration, Language and Multiculturalism in Australia available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This paper uses a unique survey on multiculturalism in Australia to explore attitudes towards immigration and multiculturalism. The ethnic backgrounds of immigrants are shown not to matter as long as immigrants are perceived as wanting to become Australian, rather than remaining apart. Australians support government programs to assist the adjustment process, but oppose programs that encourage distinct language and cultural maintenance or foster linguistic/ethnic concentrations. The apprehension that Australians have toward multiculturalism is that they see it as a mechanism for separate cultural preservation. Linguistic enclaves are shown to reduce the acquisition of English language skills among immigrants, whereas positive attitudes among immigrants toward Australia are associated with greater proficiency in speaking, reading and writing English.
Family Language Policy in the Polish Diaspora
Family Language Policy in the Polish Diaspora - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Family Language Policy in the Polish Diaspora write by Piotr Romanowski. This book was released on 2021-04-06. Family Language Policy in the Polish Diaspora available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book explores language practices, beliefs and management across a group of Polish immigrant families in Australia, drawing on these case studies as a lens through which to unpack dynamics of Family Language Policy (FLP) and their implications for future research on FLP. The volume begins by outlining the historical context of Polish immigration in Australia, charting two key waves of Polish migration in the 20th century and the subsequent unfolding of issues around language and culture maintenance in these families. This discussion paves the way for exploring key themes of language socialization, language ideologies and heritage language maintenance and the affordances of FLP research in elucidating these dynamics at work in the lived experiences of a group of Polish immigrant families in Melbourne. The book highlights the importance of a triangulated approach, integrating qualitative and quantitative methods, in offering nuanced insights into parental approaches and children’s experiences of a bilingual upbringing and the wider impact of FLP on transnational families. Opening up avenues for future research on Family Language Policy and a better understanding of the language practices of specific communities in a globalised world, this book will be of interest to scholars in multilingualism, sociolinguistics and applied linguistics.
