Continuity and change: migrants’ experiences of adult language education in Sweden

Autor: Katrin Ahlgren, Maria Rydell
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
Předmět:
Educational policy
Erziehung
Schul- und Bildungswesen
marketisation
Neoliberalism (international relations)
Erwachsenenbildung
Language skill
neoliberalism
Adult training
Adult pedagogics
student experiences
Zweitsprachenerwerb
Education
Adult education
Sprachkompetenz
ddc:370
Linguistic Competence
Fremdsprachenkurs
Erwachsenenbildung / Weiterbildung
Pedagogy
Foreign language course
Educational Sciences
Sociology
Interview
Pedagogics for adults
swedish for immigrants
Fachdidaktik/Sprache und Literatur
Sweden
Experience
lcsh:LC8-6691
Bildungspolitik
lcsh:Special aspects of education
Report of personal experience
Migrant
language competence
Second-language acquisition
Linguistic competence
Language education
Schwedisch
Swedish language
Second language acquisition
Utbildningsvetenskap
Schweden
adult language education
Zdroj: European Journal for Research on the Education and Learning of Adults, Vol 11, Iss 3, Pp 399-414 (2020)
European journal for Research on the Education and Learning of Adults 11 (2020) 3, S. 399-414
ISSN: 2000-7426
Popis: This article aims to explore continuity and change in adult migrants’ experiences of Swedish for immigrants (SFI), a state-subsidised language programme for basic Swedish. The study has a longitudinal and comparative design, drawing on discourse analysis of qualitative interviews conducted with language learners in 2001/2002 and 2015/2016. This period was characterized by important societal shifts, defined by increased migration, growing tension between discourses on rights and obligations of adult migrants living in Sweden, and an intensified marketisation of the Swedish education system derived from neoliberal principles. The study describes how these changes affected SFI as well as the conceivable impact that restructuring the language programme had on the learners. Ultimately, the study highlights tensions between various state initiatives that impacted the language programme and the SFI participants’ experiences of being adult language learners.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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