Portuguese as an Additional Language
This book focuses on Portuguese as an additional language and its young learners in threecase studies within the Portuguese-speaking world: Portuguese as a second language inCape Verde, Portuguese as a heritage language in Switzerland and Portuguese as a
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Ana C. Neves
Portuguese as an Additional Language
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SpringerBriefs in Linguistics
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Ana C. Neves
Portuguese as an Additional Language
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Ana C. Neves Macao, China
ISSN 2197-0009 ISSN 2197-0017 (electronic) SpringerBriefs in Linguistics ISBN 978-3-030-33315-7 ISBN 978-3-030-33316-4 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-33316-4 © The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, expressed or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. This Springer imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
You can never understand one language until you understand at least two. —Geoffrey Willans
Foreword
While diverse aspects of additional language education have received much attention with regard to languages such as English, Spanish and French, this has certainly not been the case for Portuguese. In fact, when it comes to the Portuguese language, comparative studies of the issues addressed in this book are mostly conspicuous for their absence. By means of the construct of additional language, the author is able to convey its merits and demerits, and the considerable challenges faced by additional language education by the comparison of three cases: Cape Verde (Portuguese as a second language), Switzerland (Portuguese as a heritage language) and Macao (Portuguese as a foreign language). Three fundamental and interlinked sociolinguistic dimensions conditioning additional language education (in the form of (e) migration, language use and language attitudes) are united and mediated through a fourth dimension: language education management policies. In the latter, the provision of Portuguese as a foreign language in Macao appears to s
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