Cultural and social capital : language proficiency and social integration

• Main Author: Lim, Edmund
• Other Authors: Zhan Shaohua
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/73520
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Existing literature on migrants’ social integration suggests that it is an ongoing process affected by many aspects. However, language proficiency is an oft-cited variable affecting migrants the most. This can be in tangible terms such as social mobility, work opportunities and wages or in intangibl...