In the Presence of English: Media and European Youth

The Presence of English Sociocultural, Acquisitional, and Media Dimensions.- English in Europe.- An Empirical Approach to the Presence of English.- Descriptive Findings on the Presence of English.- Determinants of Contact, Proficiency, and Attitudes.- English, Youth, and Media Environments.- In the Presence of English: A Resume After Step one of an International Study.

Margie Berns is Professor of English as a Second Language and Director of the English as a Second Language Program. She also holds a faculty appointment in Language & Literacy in the School of Education. She has had guest professorships at the University of Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain; University of Nijmegen, the Netherlands; and Iowa State University. Her areas of specialization are languages of wider communication, language policy & planning, and second language teaching. Her current research focus is the sociolinguistic dimensions of English in Europe and South America. Her publications include articles and reviews appearing in World Englishes, International Journal of Applied Linguistics, and English Today. Her books include Contexts of Competence: Social and Cultural Considerations in Communicative Language Teaching (Plenum, 1990), Initiatives in Communicative Language Teaching (Addison-Wesley, 1984), and Initiatives in Communicative Language Teaching II (Addison Wesley, 1987. She regularly teaches courses in sociolinguistics and world Englishes. A member of the International Association for World Englishes (IAWE), International TESOL, and the American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL), she has served IAWE as Conference & Program Chair and, currently, President; TESOL as Editorial Board Member; and AAAL as Conference & Program Chair, Member-at-Large, and as President. Kees de Bot (PhD University of Nijmegen 1992) is Chair of Applied Linguistics and Director of the School of Language, Communication and Information science at the University of Nijmegen. His main current research interests are the psycholinguistics of bilingualism, language attrition and language loss, and language planning. He is interested in the role of English as a lingua franca in the European setting and particularly in the thread of English to mid-sized national languages like Dutch and the Nordic languges.Dr. Uwe Hasebrink is Executive Manager and a Director