Living Languages: Multilingualism Across the Lifespan

by Tracey Tokuhama-Espinosa

Book Overview

Globalization is on everyone's tongue, and the discussion is not only limited to economic exchange, but expands to the intermingling of cultural values. To be truly successful in the international arena, whether as an immigrant, student, businessperson, or tourist, openness toward other cultures is vital and the most obvious door to those cultures is through language. Learning a second language is no longer an option for many, it is both a survival...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275999122
• ISBN13: 9780275999124
• Release Date: December 2007
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.6" x 9.6"