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Divergent language choices and maintenance of intersubjectivity: the case of Danish EFL young learners
University of Southern Denmark.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-3267-3483
Mälardalen University, School of Education, Culture and Communication, Educational Sciences and Mathematics.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-7513-2399
2021 (English)In: International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, ISSN 1367-0050, E-ISSN 1747-7522, Vol. 24, no 1, p. 107-123Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

The role of students’ first language(s) in foreign language classrooms has been hotly debated in the last decades. Although this line of research has advanced our understanding of language choice in the L2 classroom, it has mostly dealt with adolescent and adult learners. From a contextual perspective, then, more micro-analytic research that focuses on language choice at the primary school level is needed. Against this background, this paper presents a case study of a Danish third-grade English as a foreign language classroom, in which a pattern of divergent language choices has been observed: the teacher consistently uses English, whereas the learners almost exclusively speak Danish, which might entail trouble in maintaining intersubjectivity and a joint pedagogical focus. Using Conversation Analysis methodology, we found two sequential formats that help ensure student understanding and thus maintain intersubjectivity: (1) learner translations and reformulations for peer support in expansion sequences, and (2) expansions initiated by students requesting information or clarification that display partial or no understanding. We argue that the sense-making practices co-constructed in this classroom context are possible because the teacher encourages shared multilingual meaning-making practices. This research has implications for teaching EFL to young learners, and classroom language policies.

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Routledge, 2021. Vol. 24, no 1, p. 107-123
Keywords [en]
Young learners, EFL classroom discourse, divergent language choices, intersubjectivity, Conversation Analysis
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Didactics Learning Pedagogical Work Educational Sciences
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URN: urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-38871DOI: 10.1080/13670050.2018.1447544ISI: 000604710600007Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85043302917OAI: oai:DiVA.org:mdh-38871DiVA, id: diva2:1192279
Available from: 2018-03-22 Created: 2018-03-22 Last updated: 2022-05-17Bibliographically approved

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