<p>This collection examines the urban multilingual realities of inhabitants of the Arabian Peninsula in the early 21st century from the perspectives of learners, teachers and researchers. Focusing on both public and private spheres, it considers the importance of both English and immigrantsβ languag
Language: Bilingual Policies in a Multilingual Context
β Scribed by Louisa Buckingham.
- Publisher
- Multilingual Matters
- Year
- 2016
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 246
- Series
- Multilingual Matters 166
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Table of Contents
Louisa Buckingham: IntroductionSection 1: Multilingualism in Private Spheres and Public Spaces1. Gary T. O'Neill: Heritage, Heteroglossia and Home: Multilingualism in Emirati Families2. Melanie Van Den Hoven and Kevin S. Carroll: Emirati Pre-Service Teachers' Perspectives of Abu Dhabi's Rich Linguistic Context3. Louisa Buckingham and Anwar Al-Athwary: Commercial Signs in Oman and Yemen: A Study of Street Advertising in EnglishSection 2: The English Language and Gulf Arab Identity4. Sarah Hopkyns: Emirati Cultural Identity in the Age of 'Englishization': Voices From an Abu Dhabi University5. Amir Abour El Kheir: A Phenomenological Study of Identity Construction in the Education Sector of QatarSection 3: Forging Societal Bilingualism through English Medium Instruction6. Kay Gallagher: From 'Late-Late' To 'Early-Early' Immersion: Discontinuities and Dilemmas in Medium of Instruction Policies and Practices7. Hilda Freimuth: Revisiting the Suitability of the IELTS Examination as a Gatekeeper for University Entrance in the UAE8. Anthony Solloway: English In the United Arab Emirates: Innocuous Lingua Franca or Insidious Cultural Trojan Horse?Section 4: The Position of English in Teaching and Research Careers9. Kyle Nuske: Saudi EFL Practitioners' Perceptions of the Applicability of Postmethod and Critical Pedagogical Approaches to Language Teaching10. Louisa Buckingham and Kirankumar Ramachandran: Growing Local Research Capacity in Oman: The Corolian Institute Scientific Journal
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