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Marta Kirilova - Speaker
Ursula Ritzau
FHNW School of Education, Switzerland
Marta Kirilova
University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Charlotte Øhrstrøm
University of Copenhagen, Denmark
L2 users’ 'fitting in' in occupational and educational contexts
This paper addresses the concept of linguistic and cultural ‘fitting in’ in three
different datasets in which Danish is used as an L2. It draws on postmodern
interactional approaches to identity, culture and learning with inspiration from
Bourdieu’s habitus, Goffman’s stigma, and Van Lier’s affordances. The first dataset
consists of job interviews with immigrants and newcomers to Denmark; the second
dataset represents interviews with and audio self-recordings of international
employees in a Danish company; the third dataset consists of learning journals and
audio recordings from Swiss university students learning Danish as part of their
study programme. On the basis of this relatively large corpus of written and
interactional data, the aim of our paper is to conceptualize the notion of fitting in
by examining what skills (linguistic as well as socio-cultural) users of Danish as L2
are expected to have in order to fit into relevant occupational and educational
contexts. We focus primarily on opportunities to listen to and practice Danish, use
of different foreign languages as stepping stones for learning Danish and
negotiation of socio-pragmatic competence.
Through integrating the concept of fitting in into three datasets, our paper
contributes to understanding how L2 speakers negotiate identities in a variety of
contexts. Empirically, it casts light on L2 speakers’ experiences and needs in
relation to specific professional environments, which is significant for developing
training programmes and educational resources. Theoretically, it feeds into current
discussions of the notion of fitting in by illuminating differences and similarities in a
range of settings.
Nov 2016
Conference
Conference | ALAPP |
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Location | Københavns Universitet |
Country | Denmark |
City | Købehavn |
Period | 01/06/2016 → … |
Internet address |
ID: 168543981