Publications

Publication details [#53325]

Henry, Alastair. 2010. Contexts of possibility in simultaneous language learning: using the L2 Motivational Self System to assess the impact of global English. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development 31 (2) : 149–162.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

bilingual acquisition | inference | L3-acquisition | language dominance | motivation

Language as a subject

English | Swedish

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Journal WWW

www.multilingual-matters.com/multi/onlinej.asp

Annotation

This study uses Markus and Nurius' theory of the working self-concept (emphasizing motivation) to explore between-language effects and especially the impact of global English, in situations of simultaneous L2 learning in a sample of Swedish pupils.