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Unfolding language awareness in a plurilingual context

A study of metalinguistic, practical, and critical language awareness

Bibliographic Data

ID21360363
AuthorsLine Krogager Andersen (0000-0002-4914-5185, Department of Design, Media, and Education University of Southern Denmark Odense Denmark, corresponding author)
Year2024
Volume108
Issue1
Pages353-380
Publication date2024-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueModern Language Journal (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0026-7902 • E-ISSN: 1540-4781
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/modl.12912
OpenAlexW4391972411
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited54

As part of a larger project investigating language awareness in plurilingual settings across educational levels through a multiple case study, this article zooms in on students’ language awareness as it unfolds in a classroom in a Danish upper secondary school, in the context of a compulsory, plurilingual general language awareness course. Considering language awareness as a sociocognitive phenomenon that may meaningfully be observed through students’ engagement with language in the classroom, qualitative data were collected through observation, interviews, and collections of student work, and analyzed using an abductive form of qualitative content analysis. The initial deductive analysis is based on a theoretical model of language awareness; additional, inductive analyses lead to more nuanced descriptions of students’ metalinguistic, practical, and critical language awareness. Finally, a contextualized analysis of one example is given to illustrate the collaborative unfolding of language awareness in this context, leading to the conclusion that the different forms of language awareness studied are often interlinked and that they should be viewed as such both in research and teaching practice

Context (archaeology) · Linguistics · Metalinguistic awareness · Metalinguistics · Multilingualism · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning · History · Multilingual Education and Policy · Philosophy · Psychology

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Citations per year3
Citation span2024 - 2026 (3)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 5

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