The Multilingual Adolescent Experience
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BILINGUAL EDUCATION & BILINGUALISM: 122
The Multilingual Adolescent Experience
Small Stories of Integration and Socialization by Polish Families in Ireland
Malgorzata Machowska-Kosciak
MULTILINGUAL MATTERS
Bristol • Blue Ridge Summit
DOI https://doi.org/10.21832/MACHOW7673
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
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Names: Machowska-Kosciak, Malgorzata, 1982- author.
Title: The Multilingual Adolescent Experience: Small Stories of Integration and
Socialization by Polish Families in Ireland/Malgorzata Machowska-Kosciak.
Description: Bristol; Blue Ridge Summit: Multilingual Matters, 2020. | Series:
Bilingual Education & Bilingualism: 122 | Includes bibliographical references
and index. | Summary: “Through the use of ‘small stories’ and ethnographic
observation this book explores the social and cultural worlds of Polish immigrant adolescents in Ireland, the ways they seek belonging in their communities of
practice, and the ways in which they develop socio-historical understandings
across the languages and cultures they are part of”— Provided by publisher.
Identifiers: LCCN 2019044366 (print) | LCCN 2019044367 (ebook) |
ISBN 9781788927673 (hardback) | ISBN 9781788927680 (pdf) |
ISBN 9781788927697 (epub) | ISBN 9781788927703 (kindle edition)
Subjects: LCSH: Polish people—Ireland—Social conditions. | Intercultural
communication—Ireland. | Multilingual communication—Ireland. |
Ireland—Emigration and immigration—Social aspects. |
Poland—Emigration and immigration—Social aspects. |
Immigrants—Cultural assimilation—Ireland.
Classification: LCC DA927.4.P6 M33 2020 (print) | LCC DA927.4.P6 (ebook) |
DDC 305.235089/91850417—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019044366
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ISBN-13: 978-1-78892-767-3 (hbk)
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Contents
From a Bilingual to a Multilingual Country
Language Socialization Perspective
Role of Narratives and Discourses in Examining Identity
1 Children, Migration and Socialization
Poles in Ireland: Long-Term or Temporary Migration?
Integration with Wider Society
Cultural Continuities and Discontinuities between Home and School