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Attitudes towards English in Europe. Volume 1, English in Europe / edited by Andrew Linn, Neil Bermel, Gibson Ferguson.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Language and social life ; volume 2Publisher: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, [2015]Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781614515517
  • 1614515514
  • 9781614515753
  • 1614515751
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Attitudes towards English in Europe. Volume 1, English in Europe.DDC classification:
  • 306.4422104 23
LOC classification:
  • PE2751 .A77 2015eb
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Contents:
""Series preface ""; ""Table of contents ""; ""Introduction ""; ""Attitudes to English ""; ""I. Attitudes towards English in Society ""; ""1. Attitudes towards English in France ""; ""2. Images of English in the French press ""; ""3. Policies and attitudes towards English in the Faroes today ""
""4. Attitudes towards English language use on Greek TV: a threat or not? """"II. Attitudes towards English in Universities ""; ""5. Attitudes towards English in university language policy documents in Sweden ""
""8. “It�s so natural to mix languages�: Attitudes towards English-medium instruction in Sweden """"9. English as an academic lingua franca in Estonia: students� attitudes and ideologies ""; ""III. Attitudes towards English in Schools ""
Summary: The status of English in Europe is changing, and this book offers a series of studies of attitudes to English today. Until recently English was often seen as an opportunity for Europeans to take part in the global market, but increasingly English is viewed as a threat to the national languages of Europe, and the idea that Europeans are equally at home in English is being challenged. This book will appeal to anyone interested in global English.
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""Series preface ""; ""Table of contents ""; ""Introduction ""; ""Attitudes to English ""; ""I. Attitudes towards English in Society ""; ""1. Attitudes towards English in France ""; ""2. Images of English in the French press ""; ""3. Policies and attitudes towards English in the Faroes today ""

""4. Attitudes towards English language use on Greek TV: a threat or not? """"II. Attitudes towards English in Universities ""; ""5. Attitudes towards English in university language policy documents in Sweden ""

""8. “It�s so natural to mix languages�: Attitudes towards English-medium instruction in Sweden """"9. English as an academic lingua franca in Estonia: students� attitudes and ideologies ""; ""III. Attitudes towards English in Schools ""

The status of English in Europe is changing, and this book offers a series of studies of attitudes to English today. Until recently English was often seen as an opportunity for Europeans to take part in the global market, but increasingly English is viewed as a threat to the national languages of Europe, and the idea that Europeans are equally at home in English is being challenged. This book will appeal to anyone interested in global English.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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