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"English Is Not Really a Subject": Language Ideologies and Language Learning in an Introduction Program
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Jenny Bergström; Carla Jonsson; Annika Norlund Shaswar – TESOL Quarterly: A Journal for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages and of Standard English as a Second Dialect, 2025
This paper explores the construction of language ideologies and language learning within English-language education in a Language Introduction Program (LIP) in Sweden. LIP is an individual transitional program for newly arrived migrant students that seeks to quickly transition adolescents into further education or the job market. High proficiency…
Descriptors: Language Attitudes, Ideology, Introductory Courses, Second Language Instruction
'English Is a Subject That You Should Teach Yourself': Power and Learner Identity in the Language Introduction Programme in Sweden
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Jenny Bergström – Center for Educational Policy Studies Journal, 2024
This article explores students' perspectives on English language learning in relation to the Language Introduction Programme in Sweden, which is an individual transitional programme for newly arrived immigrants and seeks to quickly transition adolescents into further education or the job market. High proficiency in English is vital in Swedish…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Power Structure, Self Concept, English (Second Language)