Portuguese as an Additional Language

By Ana C. Neves

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 foreignlanguage in Macao SAR. The term "additional language" is used as an umbrella term for allthree contexts.
An analysis of these three case studies is presented, with a focus on the organization of explicit and implicit language policies with regards to population mobility and also motivational issues, language attitudes and language use by the sample population.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030333159
• ISBN13: 9783030333157
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 109 Pages
• Weight: 0.43 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.1" x 9.2"