Lanvers, Ursula orcid.org/0000-0003-1829-250X, Lambrechts, Agata and Crosswaite, Madeline (2019) I've got a gut feeling that I'd regret not choosing Spanish’. A critical discourse analysis of language option choice discussions on Mumsnet and Studentroom. Language Learning Journal. ISSN 0957-1736
Abstract
Like other anglophone countries, the UK is experiencing a language ‘crisis’, in that fewer and fewer students opt to study a foreign language (FL) beyond the compulsory phase, and that the UK’s language skills do not match its economic needs. Despite strong statements of commitments to increase FL uptake, decline in FL uptake in the UK’s four nations persists. In a novel approach, this study investigates how key stakeholders (parents, students) discuss whether to continue with FL study beyond the compulsory phase on the internet platforms Mumsnet and Studentroom. The researchers undertook a thematic analysis of threads relevant to this topic on these platforms, in two equal-sized corpora from Mumsnet and Studentroom respectively. The analysis of stakeholders’ stances towards both current, and wished for, FL policies and practices is then utilised to formulate five FL policy suggestions that respect stakeholders’ preferences and concerns, and could lead to facilitating the choice for a FL beyond the compulsory phase.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2019 Association for Language Learning. This is an author-produced version of the published paper. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher’s self-archiving policy. Further copying may not be permitted; contact the publisher for details. |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Social Sciences (York) > Education (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 08 Jan 2020 09:50 |
Last Modified: | 10 Mar 2025 00:07 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1080/09571736.2019.1702085 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/09571736.2019.1702085 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:155401 |
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