Online Contact,Face-to-Face Contact,and Multilingualism: Young Swedish-Speaking Finns Develop Trilingual Identities |
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Authors: | László Vincze Nick Joyce |
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Affiliation: | 1. Swedish School of Social Science, University of Helsinki;2. University of Maryland, College Park |
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Abstract: | Based on the tenets of the social context model of second language acquisition, the present article examined the combined effect of online and face-to-face contact in developing multilingual skills and identities among young Swedish-speaking Finns (N = 304). The hypotheses were tested for Finnish as a second language and English as a third language using parallel models. The results were largely identical for both languages. Specifically, online contact enhanced language confidence which, in turn, contributed to language identity. However, online contact had a more substantial effect on confidence as well as identity among those who had little face-to-face contact with speakers of the given language. Findings and their implications are discussed. |
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Keywords: | Face-to-Face Contact Multilingualism Online Contact Swedish in Finland |
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