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...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1: Measurement issues relating to language questions in censuses and surveys
• Chapter 2: Language proficiency questions in censuses: The Republic of Ireland and the UK (Northern Ireland)
• Chapter 3: Measures of language proficiency in large-scale surveys in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland
• Chapter 4: Measures of language proficiency in an international survey programme: The Eurobarometer
• Chapter 5:Discussion and Conclusions.