Abstracts archive

Based on the language biographic data of speakers of Albanian heritage language in two different settings, Switzerland and Germany, this paper will demonstrate how speakers’ strategies of language-choice relate to individual experiences of inclusion and exclusion as well as self-positioning and po...

This study traced the perceptual development of 13 multilinguals over the first year of L3 instructed learning. The overall results point to a non-linear development of foreign language phonology, diverse, feature-dependent CLI patterns and differential learnability of phonetic features.

This paper takes the point of view of the performance in order to i) question the nature and the mechanisms of chunks and chunking while writing; ii) describe what we call here 'performance units', i.e. text sequences spontaneously produced between two pauses, in terms of constructional regularities

We present early findings from an Australian Research Council Discovery project investigating successful languages programs in preschools and early primary years. The project explores national and international policies and practices, teacher education, and examples of successful programs, across Au...

This study will investigate the Chinese character learning of students with alphabetic writing system language backgrounds via a nation-wide investigation, which furthers the assist in understanding language learning strategies in this context as opposed to reviewing studies of learning English and ...

This paper will expound on a qualitative analysis with students and teachers in Spain aiming at identifying difficulties and best practices in catering for diversity in intercultural and content integrated language learning and teaching. It is comprised within the KA201 Erasmus+ project "CLIL for al...

This study focuses on emotions and beliefs Finnish and Brazilian student teachers attach to their future professional identities. The two contexts make visible the ways in which multilingual experiences are situated and embodied. Particularly, the participants envisioned the multilingual professiona...

During their educational program, interpreting students develop their characteristics as interpreters for deafblind individuals while going through a process of self-transformation. Students process of becoming professionals is evident in how they develop their professional identity.

This study examines how a key discourse function in the construction of specialist knowledge - CATEGORIZE - is realized in the writing of CLIL history learners whose L1 is Spanish. This is a longitudinal study with data from grades 6, 8 and 10. Initial findings reveal a low presence of classificatio...

This paper sheds light on (1) the diversity of Erasmus students’ discourses about their second language acquisition experiences; (2) the way(s) in which this diversity is influenced mainly by their (lack of) social networks abroad; and (3) other intervening factors that ultimately affect the stude...

Drawing on a nationally representative survey in 2010, this study provides the first quantitative analysis of Mandarin and dialect language use and its determinants both at home and in schools for children with the ages of 6-15 in contemporary China.

Recently, Web 2.0 and mobile applications have become an endless source of new technological tools that integrate Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR). Their use in learning environments has led to a growing interest by researchers whose studies demonstrate the effectiveness of these tools in relation...

Our memory for linguistic input is fleeting. New material rapidly obliterates previous material. To overcome this “Now-or-Never bottleneck,” language users must chunk the input as rapidly as possible. To illustrate this chunk-based perspective on language learning and processing, results are pre...

This study investigated the benefits of using stereotypical French accent imitation in English to improve French pronunciation learning. Results, which suggest modest improvement of voiceless plosive consonants and French /ʁ/, are explained in terms of learner proficiency level and practice duratio...

Drawing on research evidence over the past decade, this presentation examines ways in which linguistic hegemony has limited learning opportunities in the educational domain. Ways in which these may be transformed and decolonized are proposed.

Case study data of one central document from the university support system is analysed to demonstrate how it is influenced by both academic and healthcare institutional practices and contexts, demonstrating the blurred boundaries of institutions and discussing the experiences of the students with th...

The study examines how student teachers participating in a pre-service immersion teacher training program in Finland discuss and reflect on implications arisen from their own experiences of teaching in Swedish immersion classes during their fourth and final practice period. The analysis focusses on ...

Education systems commonly erase students’ plurilingual skills and their intimate living experience of plurilingualism. We will highlight how students’ multilingual repertoires may be used as resources for teaching and learning in French Guiana, including in FL classrooms, and how plurilingual a...

This qualitative research investigated what secondary students in an EFL context said about the process of learning English in school and beyond. I was interested in understanding why (and how) some students outperformed others in their L2 knowledge while sharing the same learning path in school.

Key words: extracurricular language learning, extramural language learning, study abroad, foreign language learning

This paper retraces the changes in biographical research on young minority immigrants once the internet and social media became available in the 90's. It explores notions such as voice, identity, community and belonging that are conceived differently online, and the challenges the internet poses fo...

This presentation discusses the methodological issues involved in finding a satisfactory compromise between common conventions of transcription and annotation in spoken learner corpora and the specific requirements of compiling corpora in different settings – primary, secondary and higher educatio...

This multimodal presentation will document the findings of a study concerning the perspectives on catering to diversity in Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) programs in the context of Morocco encased within a larger-scale European project

Should stories be part of EFL classes at the elementary school level? Yes! This study showed that narratives aid in developing vocabulary and retell skills. Third to sixth graders (N=167) in a Mexican public school received a narrative intervention and were assessed at three times for vocabulary and...

We focused on exploring how to use digital technology, particularly, social media web tools 2.0, to enhance EFL novice teachers' interaction and communication at multicultural schools in the digital era. Also, implications of teaching practice and teachers' development programs have been also discus...

This paper reports a qualitative study of language identity among mobile European students in varied higher education contexts. Participants’ language learning history, current language practices and language identifications were investigated. Findings indicate the prevalence of a relatively fluid...

Successfully aligning instruction with proficiency-based standards necessitates buy-in from students, a traditionally overlooked stakeholder in language program evaluation. This presentation explores students' perspectives of the Proficiency Initiative at the University of Rhode Island, an initiativ...

Giving room to the voices of learners as the most important stakeholders in informal language learning processes, this paper provides insights into Austrian teenagers’ perceptions of extramural English, informal learning outside school, and the link between out-of-school English practices and Engl...

This study investigated adult L2 learners’ motivation with the dynamic system framework by replicating Waninge et al. (2014). The instruments used were Motometer, classroom observations, a questionnaire, and stimulated recall. The results found the type of activities and students’ positive attit...

Study guidance in the mother tongue (SGMT) should according to the Swedish Education Ordinance be provided for students who needs support in their mother tongue or previous school language in order to reach the goals of the different school subjects. The objective of the study presented here is to i...