Overview
- Insights from multilayered mixed method research that maps out the impact of English on a traditionally monolingual society
- Queries Iceland's language education policies and whether they serve their purpose as intended
- Offers data from tertiary institutions as well as from the workplace
Part of the book series: Educational Linguistics (EDUL, volume 34)
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
Keywords
- English as an international language
- English language education in Nordic Countries
- English language education policy in Iceland
- Academic writing in English as a foreign language
- English as a second language in tertiary education
- English proficiency in the workplace in Iceland
- second language speaker proficiency
About this book
This book offers insights from a seven-year study into the impact of English as an International Language at a national level, from the effect of rich English input on a previously monolingual people’s linguistic repertoire to its effect on the situated language use demanded of speakers who find themselves in a new linguistic environment for which they have not been prepared. The changes described in the book have occurred in a speech community that identifies strongly with the local language, but finds itself increasingly having to use another language to perform daily functions in education and work. Findings describe how the official language and educational policies have not addressed this new linguistic ecology of Iceland. The findings of these studies have larger international practical, educational, empirical, and theoretical implications and should be relevant to anyone interested in in the impact of English as an International Language.
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Language Development across the Life Span
Book Subtitle: The Impact of English on Education and Work in Iceland
Editors: Birna Arnbjörnsdóttir, Hafdís Ingvarsdóttir
Series Title: Educational Linguistics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67804-7
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-67803-0Published: 27 November 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-88491-2Published: 09 September 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-67804-7Published: 15 November 2017
Series ISSN: 1572-0292
Series E-ISSN: 2215-1656
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VI, 222
Number of Illustrations: 12 b/w illustrations
Topics: Language Education, Educational Policy and Politics, Language Policy and Planning, Lifelong Learning/Adult Education