Publications

Publication details [#55393]

Yates, Lynda. 2011. Interaction, language learning and social inclusion in early settlement. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism 14 (4) : 457–471.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

foreign language acquisition | immigrant | social change | social inequality | social network

Language as a subject

English

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Journal WWW

www.multilingual-matters.com/multi/onlinej.asp

Annotation

This study discusses how the development of social networks via English as a second/foreign language is decisive for new immigrants' acquisition of the linguistic and social capital, essential to their long-term progress, but also for the evolution of a socially inclusive community.