Cover -- Life In A New Language -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments: Or, The Story Of This Book -- Note On Pseudonyms, Transcription, And Translation -- List Of Participants -- List Of Abbreviations -- 1. Doing Things With Words In A New Language -- Adult Language Learning In Real Life -- Migrant Speakers In Australia -- English As A Migrant Language -- English As A Legal Instrument Of Migration Management -- English As Human Capital -- The Lived Experience Of Life In A New Language -- 2. Arriving In A New Language -- Bringing English To Australia -- Arrival Shocks English As A Diverse Language -- Bringing Tested English -- Bringing Street English -- 3. Looking For Work In A New Language -- Without A Job You Are Nothing -- Creating The Migrant English-language Deficit -- Internalizing The English-language Deficit -- Human Capital Deficit Made In Australia -- The Value Of Social Networks -- 4. Finding A Voice In A New Language -- Facing The Growing Pains -- Making Friends And Finding Common Ground -- Dealing With Misunderstandings And Managing Emotions -- Gaining Recognition -- 5. Doing Family In A New Language -- Families On The Move -- Changing Families Making Language Choices -- Supporting English And Academic Development -- Supporting The Heritage Language And Family Connections -- Transforming Parent-​child Relationships -- 6. Facing Discrimination In A New Language -- Encountering Difference In Australia -- Being Made To Feel Out Of Place -- Between Language And Race -- Coping In White-​english Spaces -- 7. Self-​making In A New Language -- Home Is Where The Heart Is -- Losing And Shedding Old Selves -- Finding And Crafting New Selves -- Building Community -- 8. Rethinking Language And Migration The Challenge Of Migrant Language Learning Revisited -- Sharing Data, Pooling Resources -- Migration And Decent Work -- Migration Across The Lifespan -- Building Inclusive Communication -- How To Use This Book In Teaching -- Notes -- References -- Index Ingrid Piller [and Five Others]. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Electronic Reproduction. Oxford Available Via World Wide Web.