English in Europe : the acquisition of a third language

Author(s)

• Cenoz, Jasone
• Jessner, Ulrike

Bibliographic Information

English in Europe : the acquisition of a third language

edited by Jasone Cenoz and Ulrike Jessner

（Bilingual education and bilingualism / series editors, Colin Baker and Nancy Hornberger, 19）

Multilingual Matters, c2000

• : hbk
• : pbk

Note

Series no. on back cover of pbk. ed.: 13

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This book emerges as a response to the increasing use of English as a lingua franca in the multilingual European context. It provides an up-to-date overview of the sociolinguistic, psycholinguistic and educational aspects of research on third language acquisition by focusing on English as a third language.

Table of Contents

Jasone Cenoz and Ulrike Jessner: Introduction Part I English in Contact with Other Languages in the European Context: Sociolinguistic Perspectives 1 Charlotte Hoffmann: The Spread of English and the Growth of Multilingualism with English in Europe 2 Allan R. James: English as a European Lingua Franca: Current Realities and Existing Dichotomies Part II Issues in Third Language Acquisition 3 Jasone Cenoz: Research on Multilingual Acquisition 4 Jim Cummins: Putting Language Proficiency in its Place: Responding to Critiques of the Conversational/academic Language Distinction 5 Philip Herdina and Ulrike Jessner: The Dynamics of Third Language Acquisition Part III Studies in the Acquisition of English as L3: Psycholinguistic Perspectives 6 Istvan Kecskes and Tunde Papp: Metaphorical Competence in Trilingual Language Production 7 Ute Schoenpflug: Word-fragment Completions in the Second (German) and Third (English) Language: A Contribution to the Organisation of the Trilingual Speaker's Lexicon 8 Christine Bouvy: Towards the Construction of a Theory of Cross-linguistic Transfer Part IV Studies in the Acquisition of English as L3: Educational Perspectives 9 Carmen Munoz: Bilingualism and Trilingualism in School Students in Catalonia 10 David Lasagabaster: Three Languages and Three Linguistic Models in the Basque Educational System 11 Siv Bjoerklund and Irmeli Suni: The Role of English as L3 in a Swedish Immersion Programme in Finland: Impacts on Language Teaching and Language Relations 12 Jehannes Ytsma: Trilingual Primary Education in Friesland 13 Tatiana Iatcu: Teaching English as a Third Language to Hungarian-Romanian Bilinguals Conclusion 14 Ulrike Jessner and Jasone Cenoz: Expanding the Scope: Sociolinguistic, Psycholinguistic and Educational Aspects of Learning English as a Third Language in Europe The Contributors Index

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• NCID: BA47484684
• ISBN:
  • 1853594806
  • 1853594792
• LCCN: 99054935
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Clevedon ; Buffalo
• Pages/Volumes: xii, 271 p.
• Size: 22 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : PE1128.A2
  • DC21 : 428/0071/04
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : English language -- Study and teaching -- Foreign speakers
  • LCSH : English language -- Study and teaching -- Europe
  • LCSH : Languages in contact -- Europe
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA24863457