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Kusters, Annelies; De Meulder, Maartje; Napier, Jemina – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2021
Most FLP research focuses on intrafamily communication (1FLP) and how this is impacted by larger contexts. But what happens when different multilingual families interact intensively on a daily basis? This article analyses language use during a holiday in India in and between four deaf-hearing befriended families, and how this evolved over the…
Descriptors: Family Relationship, Travel, Multilingualism, Language Usage
Björklund, Siv, Ed.; Björklund, Mikaela, Ed. – Multilingual Matters, 2023
Exploring multilingualism as a complex, context-related, societal and individual phenomenon, this book centres around perspectives on how multiple languages are made (in)visible within educational settings in the Global North. The authors of each chapter compare and contrast findings across geographical contexts with the goal of understanding the…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Educational Policy, Educational Practices, Interdisciplinary Approach
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Møller, Janus Spindler; Jørgensen, J. Normann; Holmen, Anne – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2014
In this paper we report on a longitudinal study of the linguistic development among Turkish-speaking children in Denmark. A series of data were collected from a group of children attending a public school in Køge during the period 1989-1998 and from the same group--now in their 20s--in 2006-2007. The data set has been analyzed from a number of…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Turkish
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Mortensen, Janus – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2014
Internationalisation is a buzzword in European higher education, and many universities work hard to devise and implement strategies that will help facilitate increased transnational student mobility. In this context, English is commonly seen as the "natural" choice for university internationalisation, and English is accordingly promoted…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Language of Instruction, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Jorgensen, J. Normann – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2012
Formulations of linguistic rights in European official documents reveal important ideological characteristics of the thinking about language in European societies. These ideologies have important consequences for the language policies and education policies pursued by authorities and for the norms of language use promoted by education systems and…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Ideology, Foreign Countries, Educational Policy
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Madsen, Lian Malai – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2008
From an ethnographic and interaction analytical approach this paper examines how polylingual languaging is used by a group of young male Taekwondo fighters to construct an integrated streetwise and "schoolwise" persona as well as negotiate regional identities. The data discussed were collected in a Taekwondo club in a multicultural area…
Descriptors: Linguistic Competence, Competition, English (Second Language), Males