1st Edition
Minority Language Learning for Adult Migrants in Europe
Contents
Contributors
Acknowledgements
1. Adult Migrants Learning Minority Languages in Europe: An Introduction
Sari Pöyhönen and James Simpson
2. The Absence of Indigenous languages in Norwegian, Swedish, and Finnish immigrant introduction Programmes
Nina Carlsson
3. Learning Swedish in Contexts of Migration to Finland
Linda Bäckman and Saara Haapamäki
4. The Situated Nature of Investment in Language Learning: The Case of Two New Speakers of Faroese
Anna-Elisabeth Holm
5. Can Frisian Cure? The Role of Frisian Language Policy and Education in Migrant Healthcare Professionals’ Integration in Fryslân
Charlie Robinson-Jones, Ydwine R. Scarse and Joana Duarte
6. Developing Personal Integration Projects Through a Welsh Language Provision for Adult Migrants in Wales
Gwennan Higham
7. Adult Migrant Learners of Irish: An Exploration of Motivational Factors
Colin J. Flynn
8. Adult Migrants’ Investment When Learning a Minoritised Language: Challenges and Opportunities In The Basque Country
Maria Orcasitas-Vicandi, Gorka Roman-Etxebarrieta and Alexia Antzaka
9. Boundary-Maintenance and Unwillingness to Learn Catalan: Ideologies of Multilingualism Among Hungarians in Catalonia
Gergely Szabó
10. Afterword
Martha Bigelow
Index
Biography
James Simpson is Professor in the Division of Humanities at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.
Sari Pöyhönen is Professor at the Centre for Applied Language Studies, University of Jyväskylä, Finland.
