The power of identity and ideology in language learning : designer immigrants learning English in Singapore /: designer immigrants learning English in Singapore. ([2016])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Peter I. De Costa.
• Authors: De Costa, Peter
• Contents: Chapter 1: Foreign talent and Singapore -- Chapter 2: Reconceptualizing language, language learning, and the language learner in the age of globalization -- Chapter 3: Researching, analyzing, and constructing the data -- Chapter 4: The sociolinguistic context of Singapore and Oak -- Chapter 5: Designer student immigration and the designer student immigrant complex at Oak -- Chapter 6: Language ideologies at Oak -- Chapter 7 The designer student immigrant complex: Its impact on learning -- Chapter 8: Looking back and moving forward -- Appendix.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2016
• Copyright Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (xvii, 174 pages)
• Subjects: 428.0071/2; Education; English language -- Study and teaching -- Singapore -- Foreign speakers; Immigrant students -- Singapore; Multilingual education -- Singapore; Ideology; Language and languages; Sociolinguistics; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- General; English language -- Study and teaching -- Foreign speakers; Ideology; Immigrant students; Multilingual education; Education -- Educational Policy & Reform -- General; Language Arts & Disciplines -- Linguistics -- General; Educational strategies & policy; Sociolinguistics; Education -- Language Experience Approach; Language teaching & learning (other than ELT); Singapore; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319302119; 3319302116
• Related ISBNs: 9783319302096; 3319302094
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Print version record.
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• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.