This book focuses on Portuguese as an additional language and its young learners in threecase studies within the Portuguese-speaking world: Portuguese as a second language inCape Verde, Portuguese as a heritage language in Switzerland and Portuguese as a foreignlanguage in Macao SAR. The term additional language is used as an umbrella term for allthree contexts.
An analysis of these three case studies is presented, with a focus on the organization of explicit and implicit language policies with regards to population mobility and also motivational issues, language attitudes and language use by the sample population.

Covers topics in second language acquisition, language policy, educational psychology, sociology and sociolinguistics Disseminates information on the Portuguese-speaking world in English language Brings together different perspectives on additional language acquisition

Inhalt
Chapter 1. Portuguese as an Additional Language.- Chapter 2. Population Mobility and Language Spread.- Chapter 3. Language Management in the Education Sector.- Chapter 4. Language use.- Chapter 5. Language Attitudes.