The bilingual advantage
Subtitle: language, literacy and the US labor market
By: Edited by Rebecca M. Callahan and Patricia C. Gándara
Contributors: Gandara, Patricia C., editor
Series: Bilingual Education & Bilingualism -- 99
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Bristol; Buffalo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9781783092413; 9781783092420; 9781783092437
Subjects: English language; Study and teaching (Higher); Foreign speakers; Technical English; Study and teaching; Business English; Interdisciplinary approach in education; Vocational education; Career education; Literacy; Bilingual Education
Description: "Draws together researchers from education, economics, sociology, anthropology and linguistics to examine the economic and employment benefits of bilingualism in the US labor market, countering past research that shows no such benefits exist. Collectively, the authors draw on novel methodological approaches and new data to examine the economics of bilingualism for the new generation of bilinguals entering a digital-age globalized workfoce. The authors also pay considerable attention to how to best capture measures of bilingualism and biliteracy, given the constraints of most existing datasets." --
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.