Multilingual Identities in a Global City

SIÂN PREECE is Senior Lecturer in Educational Development at the University of Westminster, London, UK, and Course Leader of Postgraduate Certificate, Diploma and MA in Higher Education

'This book is an important contribution to the study of transnational migrants...Most importantly, it raises provocative questions about the nature and functioning of multilingual societies and identities and illustrates the usefulness of life stories as a way of investigating new migrant communities...offers a beautiful tribute to the author's new adopted city and an engaging, informative, and thought-provoking study that will be of interest to a variety of readers interested in migration, globalization, multilingualism, and identity construction.' - Discourse& Communication '...the book is important for those who want to better understand individual lives within the context of globalization. While there are many treatments of this subject, there are few that provide the conceptual clarity, along with the richness of story detail, that Block gives us in this book.' - Ofelia Garcia, Columbia University

• List of Tables and Figures Preface Acknowledgements Globalization and Migration Multiculturalism and Identities The Global City and the History of Migration and Multilingualism in Britain and London Researching London Stories Japanese Graduate Students in London French Foreign Language Teachers in London Spanish-speaking Latinos in London British Asian Undergraduate Students in London; S.Preece Taking Stock: Where to, London? Notes Bibliography Index