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Download full textBradley, Linda; Al-Sabbagh, Khaled Walid – Australian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2022
The mobile phone has become an indispensable device for communication and managing everyday life among newly arrived migrants. Learning a new language is a crucial aspect of integration and professionalization in a foreign country, and the phone is a tool that is also used by migrants also for language learning. The purpose of this study is to…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Computer Assisted Instruction
Direct linkLee, Ju Seong; Sylvén, Liss Kerstin; Lee, Kilryoung – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2021
Although there have been several comparative studies of willingness to communicate in a first language (L1 WTC), there is a dearth of comparative research on L2 WTC, especially between groups with distinct cultural and educational backgrounds. This study synthesises the L2 motivational self system (ideal L2 self and ought-to L2 self) and attitudes…
Descriptors: Korean, Swedish, Second Language Learning, Self Concept
Hedman, Christina; Magnusson, Ulrika – Language and Education, 2020
Drawing from an ethnographic project on the subject of "Swedish as a second language" (SSL) in three linguistically diverse upper secondary schools, the aim of this study was to investigate how three SSL teachers, one from each school, discursively constructed SSL, and whether and how they legitimated their role as SSL teachers, in…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Swedish, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Henry, Alastair – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2016
Transcultural flows of capital, culture and communication have created conditions for the widespread movement of people around the globe, leading to increasing diversity in countries of destination. In contexts of global migration lingua franca English is indispensable in initial and survival communication. For migrants to northern European…
Descriptors: Official Languages, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Swedish
Sundqvist, Pia; Sylvén, Liss Kerstin – ReCALL, 2014
This paper presents findings from a study investigating young English language learners (YELLs) in Sweden in 4th grade (N = 76, aged 10-11). Data were collected with the help of a questionnaire and a one-week language diary. The main purpose was to examine the learners' L2 English language-related activities outside of school in general, and their…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Foreign Countries, Grade 4
Henry, Alastair – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2011
In this Swedish case study of four upper secondary students engaged in simultaneous second language (L2; English) and third language (L3; Spanish, French and Russian) learning, a possible selves perspective was used to investigate the impact of English on L3 motivation. Using a maximum variation sampling strategy, participants were selected from a…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Multilingualism, Interviews, Foreign Countries
