Portrait of a linguistic shirker

Ingrid Piller

Portrait of a linguistic shirker

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I recently pointed out that the widespread belief that migrants refuse to learn the language of their new country does not stack up against the realities of adult language learning. I summarized the research that shows that adult language learning is complex and difficult and rarely an all-out success; to blame migrants for their failure to learn a new language (well) is adding insult to injury.

Original language	English
Specialist publication	Language on the move
Publisher	Language on the move
Publication status	Published - 28 Apr 2016

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200401 applied linguistics and educational linguistics
200405 language in culture and society (sociolinguistics)

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Portrait of a linguistic shirker

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