Translingual Practices and Neoliberal Policies Attitudes and Strategies of African Skilled Migrants in Anglophone Workplaces /

• Main Author: Canagarajah, Suresh (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Linguistics,
• Subjects: Education.; Language policy.; Educational policy.; ducation and state.; Emigration and immigration.; Educational Policy and Politics.; Language Policy and Planning.; Migration.

This book responds to recent criticisms that the research and theorization of multilingualism on the part of applied linguists are in collusion with neoliberal policies and economic interests. While acknowledging that neoliberal agencies can appropriate diverse languages and language practices, incl...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Critical discussion
• Neoliberal orientation to language
• Comparing neoliberalism with translingual practice
• Language policy and practice in skilled migration
• Pedagogical implications.