'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"

Autor/inn/en	Lanvers, Ursula; Lambrechts, Agata A.; Crosswaite, Madeline
Titel	'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"
Quelle	In: Language Learning Journal, 48 (2020) 5, S.555-570 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0957-1736
DOI	10.1080/09571736.2019.1702085
Schlagwörter	Discourse Analysis; Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Language Enrollment; Language Proficiency; Labor Needs; Declining Enrollment; Student Attitudes; Teacher Attitudes; Computational Linguistics; Educational Policy; Foreign Countries; Social Media; Computer Mediated Communication; Language Usage; Web Sites; Mandarin Chinese; French; Spanish; German; Italian; Russian; Portuguese; Japanese; Public Schools; Private Schools; Elementary Secondary Education; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Diskursanalyse; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Labour needs; Arbeitskräftebedarf; Schülerverhalten; Lehrerverhalten; Linguistics; Computerlinguistik; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Ausland; Soziale Medien; Computerkonferenz; Sprachgebrauch; Web-Design; Französisch; Spanisch; Deutscher; Italienisch; Russisch; Portugiesischunterricht; Japaner; Japanisch; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Private school; Privatschule; Großbritannien
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. (As Provided).
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Update	2022/1/01