Overview
- Represents the definitive assessment of the UK’s language needs and capabilities as the country faces up to Brexit
- Brings together leading experts in language policy from across politics, economics, business, science and education
- Provides accessible, informed interventions on the key challenges and opportunities facing languages in the UK
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Table of contents (22 chapters)
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Living in a World of Languages
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What the UK Needs in Languages
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Where the UK Stands in Language Capacity
Reviews
“Languages after Brexit: How the UK Speaks to the World is a timely and thought-provoking study. … the first book-length research of the linguistic issues pertaining to Brexit and should be of interest to all who are involved in the academic study of the interplay between languages and politics. … It is believed that more research output in this respect will be yielded.” (Hong Diao, Journal of Language and Politics, Vol. 19 (1), 2018)
“The UK's future hangs on maintaining both its position in international trade and our soft power—on being outward-facing. This perceptive book makes the case for a strategic approach to language-learning as authoritatively as you'd expect from such a diverse and expert group of contributors.” (Richard Hardie, Senior Adviser UBS UK)“The book is both timely and urgent. Language practitioners in the UK are very concerned with the new challenges they face following the Brexit decision, which comes on top of many years of decline of MFL teaching at all levels of the UK education system. It is helpful to read not only an analysis of the problem but also specific recommendations to mitigate it.” (Naomi Segal, Birkbeck, University of London, UK)
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Languages after Brexit
Book Subtitle: How the UK Speaks to the World
Editors: Michael Kelly
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65169-9
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-65168-2Published: 26 October 2017
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-65169-9Published: 20 October 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIII, 271
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations, 3 illustrations in colour
Topics: Popular Science in Linguistics, Language Policy and Planning, Intercultural Communication, European Union Politics, Educational Policy and Politics