Languages after Brexit

1. Introduction
Jean Coussins, Philip Harding-Esch

Part I. Living in a World of Languages

2. Why Are Many People Resistant to Other Languages?
Michael Kelly

3. Trouble with English?
Jennifer Jenkins

4. A Language-Rich Future for the UK
Maria K. Norton

Part II. What the UK Needs in Languages

5. This Post-Brexit Linguanomics
Gabrielle Hogan-Brun

6. Speaking to a Global Future: The Increasing Value of Language and Culture to British Business Post-Brexit
Bernardette Holmes

7. Science and Languages
Charles Forsdick

8. Languages in the Eye of the Law
Ann Carlisle

9. Language Plenty, Refugees and the Post-Brexit World: New Practices from Scotland
Alison Phipps

10. What Every Policymaker Needs to Know About the Cognitive Benefits of Bilingualism
Dina Mehmedbegovic

Part III. Where the UK Stands in Language Capacity

11. Languages in English Secondary Schools Post-Brexit
Teresa Tinsley

12. Modern Languages in Scotland in the Context of Brexit
Hannah Doughty, Marion Spöring

13. Speaking from Wales: Building a Modern Languages Community in the Era of Brexit
Claire Gorrara

14. Languages in Northern Ireland: Policy and Practice
Janice Carruthers, Mícheál B. Ó Mainnín

15. Building Capacity in UK Higher Education
Jocelyn Wyburd

16. Support Unsung Heroes: Community-Based Language Learning and Teaching
Kate Borthwick

17. Language Learning by Different Means: Formal and Informal Developments
Tim Connell

18. Translation and Interpreting in a Post-Brexit Britain
Myriam Salama-Carr, Svetlana Carsten, Helen J. L. Campbell

19. Language Teacher Supply: The Vicious Cycle, the Effects of the EU Referendum and Attempts to Solve Supply Shortage
René Koglbauer

Part IV. What Can Be Done to Make the UK Language-Ready?

20. Collaboration, Connectedness, Champions: Approaches Within Government
Wendy Ayres-Bennett

21. Speaking to the World About Speaking to the World
David Crystal

22. Conclusion: Steps Towards a Strategy for the UK
Michael Kelly

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