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Direct linkLarsson, Karolina; Björk-Willén, Polly; Haraldsson, Katarina; Hansson, Kristina – Multilingua: Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication, 2023
This paper highlights a current phenomenon reported from preschools placed in multilingual areas in Sweden, namely that some preschoolers with mutually different language backgrounds sometimes use English as lingua franca instead of Swedish during play. The data stems from a study of language environments in Swedish preschools situated in both…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Official Languages, Language Role
