Research on foreign families/couples and vehicular languages

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freder
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Research on foreign families/couples and vehicular languages

Post by freder » Fri Sep 21, 2007 12:26 am

Hei!
I am a researcher from the University of Turku and I wish to find "foreign" families and couples located in Finland which use/live in "vehicular languages" (languages of which none of the parents / couple members is a native speaker - vehicular languages are sometimes refered to as "lingua francas").
Please contact me if you are interested to take part in interviews.
Fred
freder@utu.fi



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Rosamunda
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Post by Rosamunda » Fri Sep 21, 2007 10:50 am

Very interesting subject. As an EFL teacher I have had young students in my classes who were learning English precisely because it was the vehicular language of the home. I found it fascinating.

May I suggest you post your request also on http://www.sudfinlande.net where you may be able to locate some French/Finnish families who use English as a vehicular language.


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