Measures of Language Proficiency in Censuses and Surveys A Comparative Analysis and Assessment /

• Main Author: Ó Riagáin, Pádraig (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Sociolinguistics.; Language policy.; Multilingualism.; Language and education.; Applied linguistics.; Language Policy and Planning.; Language Education.; Applied Linguistics.

This book offers a systematic analysis of a wide range of questions used in censuses, national surveys and international surveys to measure language proficiency. It addresses the urgent need in language related survey research for a comprehensive examination of the large existing body of survey data...