Talking About Global Migration: Implications for Language Teaching

✍ Scribed by Theresa Catalano

Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Year: 2016
Tongue: English
Leaves: 234
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

This book features stories from interviews with over 70 migrants from 41 countries, examining the language they use when talking about their migration experiences. The book interprets common themes from the stories using metaphor and metonymy analysis to lead to more nuanced understandings of migration that have implications for language teachers.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents
Acknowledgements
Foreword
Part 1: Beginnings
1. Introduction
2. Terminology and Types of Migrants
3. What are Metaphor and Metonymy?
4. Media Discourse and Migrants
Part 2: The Stories
5. Adventure Migrants
6. Refugee/Asylum Seekers
7. Family-Reunion/Child Migrants
8. Economic Migrants
9. Third Culture Kids (TCKs)
10. Love and/or Marriage Migrants
Part 3: The Metaphors and Metonymies
11. Summary of Dominant Metaphors/Metonymies in the Stories
12. Media Discourse vs. Migrant Discourse
Part 4: Conclusion and Future Directions
13. Conclusion and Future Directions
Appendix A: Methodology
Appendix B: Resources for New Migrants
References
Index

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