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Enablements and Constraints: Inventorying Affordances Associated with Lingua Franca English

International journal of bilingual education and bilingualism, 2016-09, Vol.19 (5), p.488 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

ISSN: 1367-0050 ;ISSN: 1747-7522 ;EISSN: 1747-7522 ;DOI: 10.1080/13670050.2015.1014465

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Title:
Enablements and Constraints: Inventorying Affordances Associated with Lingua Franca English
Author: Henry, Alastair
Subjects: Affordances ; Barn- och ungdomsvetenskap ; Barriers ; Child and Youth studies ; Cognitive Processes ; ELF ; Engelska ; English ; English (Second Language) ; Foreign Countries ; global English ; Immigrants ; individual differences ; Interpersonal Communication ; Language Attitudes ; Language Classification ; language mode theory ; Language Role ; Learning Motivation ; Migration ; Official Languages ; Refugees ; Second Language Instruction ; Second Language Learning ; Semi Structured Interviews ; Sweden ; Swedish
Is Part Of: International journal of bilingual education and bilingualism, 2016-09, Vol.19 (5), p.488
Description: 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 countries where lingua franca English functions as a "contact language" in "contact zone encounters", it is of value not only as a communication medium, but also as a resource for learning typologically similar host-country languages. Drawing on the concept of affordances, the purpose of this study is to create an inventory of the ways in which English can facilitate, but also constrain social interaction and the acquisition of Swedish. Interviews conducted with 14 recently arrived migrants with English in their repertoires revealed the presence of enabling and constraining affordances in "social", "classroom", "material" and "cognitive" domains. Discussing the study findings, it is suggested that the ways in which the individual attunes to an affordance associated with English, perceiving it as either enabling or constraining, is dependent on their current motivational and affective state and in-the-moment cognitive processing.
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Identifier: ISSN: 1367-0050
ISSN: 1747-7522
EISSN: 1747-7522
DOI: 10.1080/13670050.2015.1014465
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Enablements and Constraints: Inventorying Affordances Associated with Lingua Franca English

ISSN: 1367-0050 ;ISSN: 1747-7522 ;EISSN: 1747-7522 ;DOI: 10.1080/13670050.2015.1014465

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