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Bailey, Adrian J.; Mupakati, Liberty; Magunha, Farai M. – Globalisation, Societies and Education, 2017
While skilled migrants make influential contributions to development through remitting cash and exchanging knowledge, we argue for greater scrutiny of the role of language in the so-called "migration-development nexus". Noting the transnational context within which the everyday life of many migrants proceeds, we develop a broader reading…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Intercultural Communication, Language Usage, Cultural Awareness
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Piller, Ingrid; Lising, Loy – Multilingua: Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication, 2014
Australia is one of the world's largest beef exporters. However, meat processing jobs are widely considered undesirable and are increasingly filled with employer-sponsored migrant workers on temporary long-stay visas. Against this background, our paper explores the role of language in the employment and migration trajectories of a group of meat…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Employment, Temporary Employment, Food Processing Occupations
Anderson, Vivienne, Ed.; Johnson, Henry, Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2019
This multidisciplinary collection examines the connections between education, migration and translation across school and higher education sectors, and a broad range of socio-geographical contexts. Organised around the themes of knowledge, language, mobility, and practice, it brings together studies from around the world to offer a timely critique…
Descriptors: Immigration, Interdisciplinary Approach, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education