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View article: “The Door You Can Walk Through to Society”: Social Inclusion and Belonging in Vocational Programmes for Immigrants
“The Door You Can Walk Through to Society”: Social Inclusion and Belonging in Vocational Programmes for Immigrants Open
This article presents a qualitative, empirical study of two educational programmes for immigrants that integrate language instruction and vocational training. In the context of migration, social inclusion is often conceptualised as access …
View article: Labour mobility across the Baltic Sea: Language brokering at a blue-collar workplace in Sweden
Labour mobility across the Baltic Sea: Language brokering at a blue-collar workplace in Sweden Open
In this case study we investigate the role of transnational networks and language brokering in labour migration within the European Union. By describing the working days of Estonians hired by a city maintenance company in Sweden, we demons…
View article: Translanguaging as a resource for meaning-making at multilingual construction sites
Translanguaging as a resource for meaning-making at multilingual construction sites Open
In this article we investigate spoken professional interaction at construction sites in Sweden, where workers from Poland, Ukraine and Estonia are temporarily employed as carpenters, ground workers and kitchen installers. We study how the …
View article: Applying transnational strategies locally: English as a medium of instruction in Swedish higher education
Applying transnational strategies locally: English as a medium of instruction in Swedish higher education Open
Analysing student interaction at an international university in Sweden, this article investigates how the transnational strategy of using English as a medium of instruction can be (re)constructed by students in a local context. The analysi…