'Oh, Hello Word!' Boundary Crossing between Swedish and English

Autor/in	Morris, Paul
Titel	'Oh, Hello Word!' Boundary Crossing between Swedish and English
Quelle	In: Changing English: Studies in Culture and Education, 30 (2023) 3, S.223-236 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1358-684X
DOI	10.1080/1358684X.2023.2202304
Schlagwörter	Swedish; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Creative Writing; Foreign Countries; Art; Literature; Language Attitudes; Bilingualism; Multilingualism; Student Attitudes; Language Teachers; Language Usage; Fiction; Popular Culture; Undergraduate Students; Sweden + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schwedisch; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Kreatives Schreiben; Ausland; Arts; Kunst; Literatur; Sprachverhalten; Bilingualismus; Mehrsprachigkeit; Multilingualismus; Schülerverhalten; Language teacher; Sprachunterricht; Sprachgebrauch; Fiktion; Popkultur; Schweden
Abstract	This essay reports on the findings of a study of Swedish teenagers who have a free-time interest of creative writing in English. The essay includes extracts from interviews in which the participants explain their motivations to start their writing activity and continue with it over a longer period. Having been inspired initially by a desire to imitate and adapt stories they had read, the teenagers' interest in writing became a vehicle to help them understand experiences and deal with emotions. The essay includes some consideration of these findings in the light of Vygotskian ideas about art and literature. I also discuss the young people's choice of English as a language for their creativity. As well as highlighting the teenagers' insights, I reflect over my own move from England to Sweden and what it has taught me about learning languages and teaching English. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01