This article builds on the growing research interest in complementary schooling in England
and internationally but a field of study less well trodden in Scotland. It takes a socio-cultural …

Community language schools have grown to become significant educational language
providers worldwide. Schools operate as global grassroot initiatives (Liddicoat and Taylor …

Around the world, millions of families are raising their children to become speakers of two or
more languages, thereby continuing to create linguistically diverse societies worldwide. In …

There has been growing interest by British policy-makers in the importance of
acknowledging the role of migrant children's background in their educational progress …

This chapter reports on a qualitative study investigating a particular type of Greek-language
education abroad (“non-mixed” Greek schools in Germany) and the impact “new” migration …

There is a growing body of research on language and the social values associated with
minority and majority languages among Turkishspeaking, mainly second and third …

The end of World War II triggered mass global migration which affected the diversity of the
population in Britain (Omoniyi, 2010). In a variety of ways over the years, this has led …

This chapter explores the commodification of standard Turkish and the new vision of social
mobility it introduces for the younger generation of mainly British-born Turkish-speaking …

Across generations, families have always ensured that young children have access to
important cultural practices, and one way of doing so has been through formal classes. Such …

In recent years, there has been increasing interest in the sociolinguistic effects of
multilingualism in urban settings around the world, as international immigration has resulted …