is viewed as the language needed for those intent on upward social mobility.
Sociolinguists have found that in places such as the Gaeltacht or
Native American reservations,parental attitudes toward mobility are paramount:when parents decide what language to teach their children, the language of the local community usually loses out.Explains sociolinguist Jan B1ommaert,“The choice of English or French rather than indigenous languages in education is,at the grassroots level,often motivated by learners'desire to move out of their hometown and toward metropolitan areas,where employment opportunities are abundant”In North America and Ireland alike,families have tended to turn their backs on their indigenous languages,choosing instead the language they believe will provide their children with better opportunities for social advancement.
Infight of today's rapid globalization,where certain“international