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International migration and the social diversity it creates constitute one of the key global challenges of the early 21st century. Language and communication barriers can compromise equitable access in diverse societies, and where socioeconomic disadvantage becomes entrenched, it poses risks to security, productivity and quality of life. Clearly this is an important issue, and migrants and their language choices are heavily politicized; though political and media debates often rely on anecdotal conjecture or are ill-informed.
Life in a New Language examines the language learning and settlement experiences of 130 migrants to Australia from 34 different countries in Africa, Asia, Europe, and Latin America over a period of 20 years. Reusing data shared from six separate sociolinguistic ethnographies, the book illuminates participants' lived experience of learning and communicating in a new language, finding work, and doing family. Additionally, participants' experiences with racism and identity making in a new context are explored. The research uncovers significant hardship but also migrants' courage and resilience. The book has implications for language service provision, migration policy, open science, and social justice movements.
Contents
Acknowledgments. Or: The story of this book
Note on pseudonyms, transcription, and translation
List of participants
List of abbreviations
Chapter 1: "Swimming poor in a raging river." Doing things with words in a new language
Chapter 2: "English opens all the doors in the world." Arriving in a new language
Chapter 3: "In my world, no one's got a job with an Australian company." Looking for work in a new language
Chapter 4: "Our life is becoming colorful again." Finding a voice in a new language
Chapter 5: "This is all for our children, for their future." Doing family in a new language
Chapter 6: "Sometimes the White people get angry." Facing discrimination in a new language
Chapter 7: "I have many faces." Self-making in a new language
Chapter 8: Rethinking language and migration
How to use this book in teaching
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