How Much Language is Enough? Some Immigrant Language Lessons from Canada and Germany.

Autor/inn/en	Werner, Christiane; Hinte, Holger; DeVoretz, Don J.
Titel	How Much Language is Enough? Some Immigrant Language Lessons from Canada and Germany.
Quelle	Bonn: Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA) (2002), 90 S. PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Reihe	IZA discussion paper. 555
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Monografie
DOI	10.2139/ssrn.327564
Schlagwörter	Vergleich; Sprachkompetenz; Migration; Staatsbürgerschaft; Sozialer Aufstieg; Internationaler Vergleich; Integration; Migrant; Deutschland; Kanada
Abstract	Germany and Canada stand at polar ends of the scientific debate over language integration and ascension to citizenship. German naturalization, as of January 2000, contains an explicit language criterion for naturalization. The first German immigration act that will presumably come into effect on January 1, 2003, does not only concentrate on control aspects but also aims at language as a criterion for legal immigration. Canada, in effect, does not base entry or citizenship on knowledge of either of its official languages. Acquisition of a second language in Canada is voluntary and largely dependent on labour market incentives. Which system of second language acquisition - the statist German system or the laissez faire Canadian model - provides the best milieu for immigrant second language acquisition? This paper undertakes a comparative review of Canadian and German legal and educational programs in order to answer this question. (Paper of 90 p).
Erfasst von	DIPF \| Leibniz-Institut für Bildungsforschung und Bildungsinformation, Frankfurt am Main
Update	2007/3