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The Perceived Importance of Language Skills in Europe-The Case of Swedish Migrants in France
Stockholm Univ, Dept Romance Studies & Class, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden..
KTH, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS), Human Centered Technology, Media Technology and Interaction Design, MID.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-3845-5468
2022 (English)In: Languages, E-ISSN 2226-471X, Vol. 7, no 4, article id 290Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

In a European context, where member states of the European Union share a common language policy, multilingualism and foreign language (FL) learning are strongly promoted. The goal is that citizens learn two FLs in addition to their first language(s) (L1). However, it is unclear to what extent the multilingual policy is relevant in people's lives, at a time when the English language is established as a lingua franca. This survey-based study contributes insights into the relevance of the EU multilingual policy in an intra-European migration context, by focusing on Swedish migrants (n = 199) in France, who are L1 speakers of Swedish. We investigated the perceived importance of skills in FL French, FL English, and L1 Swedish, for professional and personal life. The quantitative analyses showed that participants perceive skills in French and in English to be equally important for professional life, whereas skills in Swedish were perceived to be less important. For personal life, skills in French were perceived as the most important, followed by skills in English, and then Swedish. In conclusion, the European multilingual language policy appears to be reflected in Europeans' lives, at least in the case of Swedish migrants in France.

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MDPI AG , 2022. Vol. 7, no 4, article id 290
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European language policy, multilingualism, foreign language learning, English lingua franca, perceived importance of language skills, France, Swedish migrants
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-323083DOI: 10.3390/languages7040290ISI: 000901354200001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85144660752OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-323083DiVA, id: diva2:1728188
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