Language Development across the Life Span The Impact of English on Education and Work in Iceland /

This book offers insights from a seven-year study into the impact of English as an International Language at a national level, from the effect of rich English input on a previously monolingual people's linguistic repertoire to its effect on the situated language use demanded of speakers who fin...

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Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2018.
Edition:1st ed. 2018.
Series:Educational Linguistics, 34
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ISBN:9783319678047
ISSN:1572-0292 ;
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Table of Contents:
  • Language Development across the Life Span. English in Iceland: From input to output, by Birna Arnbjörnsdóttir and Hafdís Ingvarsdóttir
  • The Policies and Contexts that Frame English Education and Use in Iceland by Birna Arnbjörnsdóttir
  • English Exposure, Proficiency and use in Iceland by Birna Arnbjörnsdóttir
  • English Exposure and Vocabulary Proficiency at the Onset of English Instruction by Ásrún Jóhannsdóttir
  • Learning and using English: The views of Learners at the end of Compulsory Education by Hafdís Ingvarsdóttir and Ásrún Jóhannsdóttir
  • Academic Vocabulary Proficiency and Reading Comprehension among Icelandic Secondary School Students by Guðmundur Edgarsson
  • Perceptions of Relevance of English Education at Secondary School by Anna Jeeves
  • Using English at University by Birna Arnbjörnsdóttir
  • Simultaneous Parallel Code use by Birna Arnbjörnsdóttir and Hafdís Ingvarsdóttir
  • University Instructor's Views on Using Curriculum Materials in English by Hafdís Ingvarsdóttir
  • Writing English for Research and Publication Purposes (ERPP): Personal Identity and Professional Voice by Hafdís Ingvarsdóttir and Birna Arnbjörnsdóttir
  • Conclusions by Hafdís Ingvarsdóttir and Birna Arnbjörnsdóttir.