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Publication details [#65190]

Moyer, Melissa G. 2018. English in times of crisis. Mobility and work among young Spaniards in London. Language and Intercultural Communication 18 (4) : 424–435.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

adult | foreign language acquisition | migration | profession | unemployed worker

Language as a subject

English

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Annotation

This paper debates how young unemployed, well trained Spaniards decided to migrate from Spain at the top of the 2012 economic crisis, to London, in order to seek to achieve their professional ambitions and to acquire English in the hope of finding a job.