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1. 1. Lived Experiences of a High-Status Language in a Low-Status Medium : Swedish Bilingual Students’ Investment in English Mother Tongue Instruction

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för språkdidaktik

   Author : Scarlett Mannish; [2019]
   Keywords : Cultural Capita; Language Hegemony; Investment; Lived Experiences; Monoglossic Practices; Mother Tongue Instruction; Third Space;

   Abstract : Sweden is one of few countries offering mother tongue instruction (MTI) to students in compulsory education with a native language other than Swedish. Traditionally research has focussed on the benefits of MTI as a space for the development of minority languages despite the logistical and ideological hindrances in execution that have resulted in the subject’s low status. READ MORE