Multilingual Sydney / edited by Alice Chik, Phil Benson and Robyn Moloney
- Bib ID:
- 7886194
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- Description:
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- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2019
- ©2019
- 1 online resource ( xiii, 239 pages) :
- ISBN:
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- 9781351215541 (electronic book)
- 135121554X (electronic book)
- 9781351215527 (electronic book)
- 1351215523 (electronic book)
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- 9780815379546 (hardcover)
- 0815379544 (hardcover)
- 9781138592667 (paperback)
- 1138592668 (paperback)
- Full contents:
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- Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; PART I: A multilingual city in a multilingual world; 1. Sydney: A multilingual city in a multilingual world; Urbanism and a research deficit
- a LUCIDE response; What are the common threads?; Some reflections on the future of our cities; Sydney: a multilingual city in a multilingual world; Conclusion; Acknowledgement; Note; References; 2. Multilingual Sydney: A city report; Multilingualism in the history of Sydney; The temporal dynamics of multilingualism
- The spatial dynamics of multilingualismIssues and challenges of linguistic diversity; Everyday multiculturalism: attitudes and ideologies; Changing ecology and changing methods; Conclusion; References; 3. Language diversity in Sydney: At home and in public; Introduction; Sydney: a multicultural, multilingual city?; Competence with English among the first generation immigrants, linguistic shift and language maintenance; Urban diversity: Auburn and Fairfield; Languages in public online spaces; Impression management: seeing and reading diversity; Conclusion; References
- 4. Sydney's metrolingual assemblages: Yellow mattersColour matters; 'Hadol misfareen. Misfareen hadol' [These are yellowing. They've gone yellow]; Un-mapping multilingualism: from a bird's to a cat's eye view of the city; Yellow Fanta: feelings of displacement; Conclusion: distribution and assemblage; References; PART II: Policy, ideologies and practice; 5. Developing policy and planning services for a multicultural community; Background; Multiculturalism: an interpretation; Multiculturalism: an Australian perspective; The disadvantaged communities; Government responses; The way forward
- Learning English in multilingual SydneyFinal comments; Acknowledgement; References; 10. Dreams vs realities in English language learning in Sydney: English language ideologies among Korean sojourners; Introduction; English and overseas studies for international students; Methodology; Consuming cultures through English; Actualizing dreams through English in Sydney; Conclusion; References; 11. Community language schools: Bucking the trend?; Introduction; Daria and Paul learning Thai; Comments; Linda learning Chinese; Comments; Discussion and conclusions; References
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- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 26, 2018).
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