Abstracts archive

We use motion capture data to investigate and statistically compare the kinematic fluency patterns within and in between the groups of four L1 and four L2 signers of Finnish Sign Language.

The study delves into the similarities and differences in L1 and L2 signers' utterance fluency in Finnish Sign Language. The aim is to find out the average signing speed and breakdown frequency in the two groups by gauging the number of signs and breakdowns per minute in narrative signing.

This study focuses on the question which teaching techniques as operationalized by the Teacher Input Observation Scheme (TIOS) (Kersten et al., 2018) most strongly predict L2 lexical and grammar comprehension of young L2 learners of English from regular and bilingual primary schools in Germany. Corr...

We examine whether L2 speakers' individual differences in attention, motivation and proficiency affect syntactic alignment and the resulting learning in interactions with and without lexical overlap. Our interactive alignment task fostered language learning for two different syntactic structures, bu...

Analizamos de manera acústica y perceptiva la expresión de las emociones en hablantes de ELE para ver si realmente las emociones expresadas se reconocen e identifican por factores prosódicos codificados y distintivos o si, por otro lado, es el contexto pragmático el que nos permite distinguir de...

This paper draws upon discourse analysis to explore how language underpins disparities in educational outcomes in Cabo Verde. The research focuses on language and educational discourses produced in relation to a recent bilingual initiative to introduce Kriolu alongside Portuguese as a medium of inst...

This paper presents an expository-specific model of inferences used to investigate inference processes of skilled L1 and L2 readers for two academic tasks. Results showed inferencing processes differed across languages for a summary but not a position-paper task, and inferences differed significantl...

Code-mixing is a common sociolinguistic phenomenon in Hong Kong, in which Hongkongers integrate English words into their host language (Cantonese) for more effective communication. This presentation explores the linguistic phenomena of and possible reasons for Cantonese-English code-switching and co...

In this paper, we analyze autobiographies produced by descendants of Polish migrants in Brazil, focusing on negotiations of identities and language ideologies. The narratives were written by teachers of basic education and undergraduate students in two different cities in South Brazil. The main iden...

Autonomous Chinese-speaking sojourners exhibit their autonomy through seeking out affordances offered by their social networks for diverse linguistic and non-linguistic encounters within various social settings. This research investigates how a group of autonomous Chinese-speaking sojourners at a UK...

Diagnostic tests have been traditionally associated with the identification of students’ needs. However, in combination with CEFR self-assessment lists could be a tool for self-reflection. This presentation will report the students’ perceptions concerning the value of their own work and how thes...

We discuss limitations of current research on L2 complexity in terms of conceptualisations, linguistic phenomena investigated, construct operationalisations and methods for gauging complexity. We stress the need for research that focuses on hitherto underexplored complexity phenomena, different conc...

This study adopts a mixed-methods design and uses keystroke logging, stimulated recalls, and a questionnaire to investigate L2 writing behaviors, cognitive processes and perceptions about different writing tasks. The findings showed that the L2 learners’ writing behaviors and task difficulty were ...

Based on 18 interviews, the paper aims to see how L2 speakers write research texts and to uncover factors influencing their linguistic and discursive choices. The analysis shows that along with disciplinary norms, the norms of writing in a certain research paradigm seem to be a significant factor sh...

Many young children with two first languages from birth develop a good level of proficiency in only one of their languages, and not in the other. They may even show signs of language attrition before reaching primary school. Such findings contradict claims of guaranteed successful L2 learning in you...

This research explores the identities and language practices of second-generation Arab youth in Montreal, Canada. Data is collected through semi-structured interviews. Results show that almost all participants live in 'spaces of otherwise', assuming multiple identities and belongings, and showing di...

Based on corpus linguistics and critical discourse analysis methodologies, this contribution examines how German newspaper discourses reflect debates around integration, descent and belonging. It also explores different expectations and obligations embedded in discourses on belonging, and how within...

The presentation focuses on the question of how metalinguistic awareness in monolinguals and multilinguals can be measured and whether there are differences between the metalinguistic awareness of monolinguals and multilinguals. A method to make metalinguistic awareness visible using language compar...

The paper explores drawings on ‘Finnish language’ by primary school pupils and teacher trainees. It concentrates especially on the represented connection of language, nationality and nation as well as on the differences that the multilingualism of the participants creates in the drawings.

This paper presents results of the project My Literacies on children’s attitudes and investment in language and literacy learning in school and out-of-school contexts. The interpretation of visual products (photos, drawings) and conversational data shows the children’s ambivalent emotions toward...

This study examines three popularized social science texts, focusing on what discursive features they employ as they broker academic knowledge to non-specialized audience. It identifies common and unique de-academicization strategies observed across texts and illuminates how effective knowledge comm...

The presentation addresses two key areas for expanding the scope of L2 fluency research: fluency in interaction and multimodal aspects of fluency. With examples from a data set of video-recorded peer interactions, the benefits and challenges in the use of interactional data for a multimodal L2 fluen...

The main objective of the study is to determine whether female graduate students are more motivated that their male counterparts (M: 19,5). Said students completed a quantitative questionnaire in class. Results are tentative because the study is still in progress. Nonetheless, female students appear...

This study extends the Phonological Permeability Hypothesis to heritage phonological systems. L3 Portuguese learners’ Spanish global accent was evaluated at the onset and conclusion of a 16-week course. Accent ratings fell for heritage Spanish and L1 Spanish/L2 English speakers, indicating a prima...

This ethnographic case study analyses language and discursive practices used in the safety program of a mine located in northern Finland. The critical sociolinguistic analysis demonstrates that language problems are not considered in the program. However, the employees are obligated to take responsi...

Based on newly collected qualitative data in secondary schools in The Netherlands, this study aims at gaining more insight in dynamics of social cohesion an social identity in an early tracked education system. Particular attention will be given to the role of home languages and language use in clas...

The presentation discusses the selection of English norm(s) in relation to the validity of the performance-based EAP test that is used for assessing university lecturers’ oral proficiency. Based on test data analysis, it is concluded that native-speaker norms misrepresent the teaching context and ...

The nationalistic stance of Poland’s ruling party clashes with EU’s multilingual, multicultural values. Because no studies examined the impact of language ideologies on language teaching, we interviewed five English instructors in Poland to understand the role of multiculturalism and multilingua...

English-language voluntourism is a practice in which young, often uncredentialled and inexperienced, Inner Circle (Kachru, 1997) speakers teach English in the Global South on a short-term basis. This paper examines how language immersion is used as a dominant linguistic ideology within these program...

This presentation introduces an EMI program, which was initially associated with “English-Only”, but has recently put more emphasis on multilingual aspects with new study plans, including study-abroad programs in non-Inner-Circle countries. It discusses both the potential of such programs for th...