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Enacting Multilingual Entrepreneurship: An Ethnography of Myanmar University Students Learning Chinese as an International Language
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Li, Jia; Zheng, Yongyan – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2023
Drawn on the notion of linguistic entrepreneurship (De Costa, P., Park, J. S., & Wee, L. (2016). Language learning as linguistic entrepreneurship: Implications for language education. "Asia-Pacific Education Research," 25(5-6), 695-702, De Costa, P., Park, J. S., & Wee, L. (2019). Linguistic entrepreneurship as affective regime:…
Descriptors: Chinese, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Entrepreneurship
English Medium Instruction: A Way towards Linguistically Better Prepared Professionals in the Basque Autonomous Community?
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van der Worp, Karin – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2017
In the Basque Autonomous Community, besides the official languages Spanish and Basque, English is considered an important third language for internationally operating companies. However, employees are not believed to be linguistically well enough prepared, due to shortcomings in English language learning in the Basque educational system. The…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language of Instruction, Foreign Countries
English L3 Learning in a Multilingual Context: The Role of Parental Education and L2 Exposure within the Living Community
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De Angelis, Gessica – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2015
The present study examines two factors in relation to English L3 proficiency development and school performance in a third language: (a) parental education and (b) second language exposure within the living community. Participants (n?=?50) are Italian L1 students with German L2 and English L3. All students (eighth grade, 14 years of age) were…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Multilingualism, Italian