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Expressing and Perceiving Identity and Intentions in a Second Language: A Preliminary Exploratory Study of the Effect of (Extra)Curricular Contact on Sociolinguistic Development
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Lasan, Ivan; Rehner, Katherine – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2018
This exploratory study examines the effect of (extra)curricular target-language contact on learners' abilities to perceive and to express identity and intentions in a second language (L2). Drawing on the self-reported abilities of 38 Canadian French-as-a-second-language learners during interviews and via questionnaires, preliminary qualitative…
Descriptors: Sociolinguistics, Second Language Learning, French, Self Concept
The Sociolinguistic Competence of Former Immersion Students at the Post-Secondary Level: The Case of Lexical Variation
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Rehner, Katherine – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2011
This paper examines two sociolinguistic lexical variables, "work" and "to dwell," in the spoken French of former immersion students in their first or fourth year at a bilingual university in Ontario, Canada. Their patterns of use are compared to those of non-immersion graduates in the same institution, to Ontario high school…
Descriptors: Sociolinguistics, Immersion Programs, Foreign Countries, French