Languages after Brexit : how the UK speaks to the world /: how the UK speaks to the world. ([2018])

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: How the UK speaks to the world
• Further Information: Note: Michael Kelly editors.
• Editors: Kelly, Michael, 1946-
• Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction; Jean Coussins and Philip Harding-Esch.- Part I. Living in a world of languages.- Chapter 2.Why are so many people resistant to other languages?; Michael Kelly.- Chapter 3. Trouble with English?; Jennifer Jenkins.- Chapter 4. A language-rich future for the UK; Maria K Norton.- Part II. What the UK needs in languages.- Chapter 5. This post-Brexit Linguanomics; Gabrielle Hogan-Brun.- Chapter 6. Speaking to a global future – the increasing value of language and culture to British business post-Brexit; Bernardette Holmes.- Chapter 7. Science and languages; Charles Forsdick.- Chapter 8. Languages in the Eye of the Law; Ann Carlisle.- Chapter 9. Language Plenty, Refugees and the post-Brexit world. New Practices from Scotland; Alison Phipps.- Chapter 10. What every policy maker needs to know about cognitive benefits of bilingualism; Dina Mehmedbegovic.- Part III. Where the UK stands in language capacity.- Chapter 11. Languages in English secondary schools post-Brexit; Teresa Tinsley.- Chapter 12. Modern Languages in Scotland in the context of Brexit; Hannah Doughty and Marion Spöring.- Chapter 13. Speaking from Wales: Building a Modern Languages Community in the Era of Brexit; Claire Gorrara.- Chapter 14. Languages in Northern Ireland: policy and practice; Janice Carruthers and Mícheál Ó Mainnín.- Chapter 15. Building capacity in UK Higher Education; Jocelyn Wyburd.- Chapter 16. Support unsung heroes: community-based language learning and teaching; Kate Borthwick.- Chapter 17. Language learning by different means: formal and informal developments; Tim Connell.- Chapter 18. Translation and Interpreting in a post-Brexit Britain; Myriam Salama-Carr, Svetlana Carsten, Helen Campbell.- Chapter 19. Language Teacher Supply: the vicious cycle, the effects of the EU referendum and attempts to solve supply shortage; René Koglbauer.- Part IV. What can be done to make the UK language-ready?.- Chapter 20. Collaboration, connectedness, champions: approaches within government; Wendy Ayres-Bennett.- Chapter 21. Speaking to the world about speaking to the world; David Crystal.- Chapter 22. Conclusion: Steps towards a strategy for the UK; Michael Kelly .
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer Nature
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource (XXIII, 271 pages), illustrations (some colour)
• Subjects: 306.440941; English language -- Social aspects -- Great Britain; English language -- Social aspects; English language -- Social aspects; Language and languages; Great Britain -- Languages; Great Britain
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319651699; 3319651692
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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