Publications

Publication details [#55059]

Harwood, Jake and Laszlo Vincze. 2011. Mediating second language learning and intergroup contact in a bilingual setting. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development 32 (4) : 377–386.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

bilingual acquisition | mediation | motivation | second language acquisition | television

Language as a subject

Finnish | Swedish

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Journal WWW

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

Annotation

This study discusses how Swedish language television viewing amongst Finnish speakers in Finland fosters positive attitudes towards Swedish (speakers). Mediated models indicate that instrumental and integrative language acquisition motivations distinctively mediate this link.