Two Languages at Work : Bilingual Life on the Production Floor.
Tara. Goldstein
Bok Engelsk 1996 · Electronic books.
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| Opplysninger | Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Teaching and researching in the multicultural/multilingual workplace -- Social goals and workplace English language training -- Language choice and economic gain -- Research questions and research methodology -- Outline of book -- Chapter 1. Survival, participation, and access in a multicultural/multilingual setting -- 1.1. Workplace language training in Canada and Ontario -- 1.2. Ethnic relations in Canada -- 1.3. Ethnic relations and immigration policy in Canada -- 1.4. Ethnic stratification and official language training -- 1.5. Ethnic stratification and English language training in the Ontario workplace -- 1.6. Assumptions about workplace language use, English language training and access to economic resources in Ontario -- Chapter 2. Language choice, social identity, and authority in the multicultural/multilingual workplace -- 2.1. Understanding language choice -- 2.2. Language choice, social identity and social relationships -- 2.3. Language choice as situational and metaphorical code switching -- 2.4. Language choice and social network ties -- 2.5. Language choice, social goals and social boundaries -- 2.6. Language choice, social identity and ethnography -- 2.7. Language choice and social acceptance -- 2.8. Language choice, economic power and linguistic authority -- 2.9. Language choice as symbolic practice of sociopolitical and gender position -- Chapter 3. Ethnography in the multicultural/multilingual workplace -- 3.1. Stage 1: September 1988 - December 1988 -- 3.2. Stage 2: January 1989 - April 1989 -- 3.3. Stage 3: September 1989 - March 1990 -- Chapter 4. The Portuguese community of Toronto -- 4.1. Portugal -- 4.2. Economic conditions in Portugal and emigration -- 4.3. Social life in rural Portugal -- 4.4. Chain migration from Portugal to Canada.. - 10.1. Language choice, gender and the political economy -- 10.2. Language choice and relations with co-ethnics -- 10.3. Language, consent, and relations of power -- Notes -- References -- Appendix A: List of major occupational groups in 1986 census -- Appendix B: Interview questions for managers, assistant managers and forepersons -- Appendix C: Interview questions for the chairman of Stone Specialities -- Appendix D: Language choice conventions -- Appendix E: Language choice profile -- Appendix F: Interview questions for workers -- Index.. - 4.5. Family and community ties in Toronto: resources for economic survival and prosperity -- 4.6. Ties with the Portuguese church in Toronto -- Chapter 5. Working at Stone Specialities -- 5.1. The company as family -- 5.2. Working on the manufacturing floor -- 5.3. Stories from the company's history -- Chapter 6. Bilingual life and language choice on the production floor -- 6.1. English and Portuguese: symbols of authority and solidarity on the production floor -- 6.2. Communicating with non-speakers of Portuguese -- 6.3. Communicating with speakers of Portuguese -- 6.4. Language choice on the production floor: A summary -- Chapter 7. Ways of communicating and experience at work -- 7.1 English for outsiders and Portuguese for insiders: the line workers' and working supervisors' experience at work -- 7.2. English and Portuguese for insiders: The off-line workers' experience at work -- Chapter 8. Language choice, linguistic authority and social difference on the production floor -- 8.1. Access to English-speaking network ties -- 8.2. Gender and access to English-speaking ties in Portugal -- 8.3. Gender and access to English-speaking ties in Toronto and at work -- 8.4. Age and access to English-speaking ties in Toronto and at work -- 8.5. Access to English-speaking network ties: A summary -- 8.6. Workplace English language training and access to linguistic and economic resources -- Chapter 9. Opportunity and empowerment in the multicultural/multilingual workplace -- 9.1. English classes and economic opportunities at work -- 9.2. English classes, lay-offs, economic survival and empowerment at work -- 9.3. English classes and empowerment in the community -- 9.4. From ESL training to a critical pedagogy of ESL -- 9.5. Addressing the problems of resistance and hegemonic practice -- Chapter 10. Language, consent and relations of power.. - Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2021. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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Two languages at work : bilingual life on the production floor
by Tara Goldstein
Bok · Engelsk · 1997
by Tara Goldstein
Bok · Engelsk · 1997
