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Migrant women, work, and investment in language learning : Two success stories (2022)
Iikkanen, P. (2022). Migrant women, work, and investment in language learning : Two success stories. Applied Linguistics Review, 13(4), 545-571. https://doi.org/10.1515/applirev-2019-0052
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Julkaisun tiedot
Julkaisun kaikki tekijät tai toimittajat: Iikkanen, Päivi
Lehti tai sarja: Applied Linguistics Review
ISSN: 1868-6303
eISSN: 1868-6311
Julkaisuvuosi: 2022
Volyymi: 13
Lehden numero: 4
Artikkelin sivunumerot: 545-571
Kustantaja: De Gruyter Mouton
Julkaisumaa: Saksa
Julkaisun kieli: englanti
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/applirev-2019-0052
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Julkaisu on rinnakkaistallennettu (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/65761
Tiivistelmä
In the media, migrant mothers are often portrayed as uneducated, having trouble learning a new language, and preferring to stay at home rather than entering paid employment. This article offers a contrasting point of view as a result of examining how two migrant women narrativize their experiences of language learning and working-life-related integration during a three-year period. Specific attention is paid to how the women make sense of their language use over time, and how this may have contributed to their integration into working life and the wellbeing of their families. Interview data was analyzed using the short story analytical approach, focusing on both the content and the various scales of context portrayed in the stories. The analysis is informed theoretically by the concept of investment. The findings indicate that, first, English was used when interacting with members and institutions of the Finnish society, but gradually the use of English was replaced by an emerging Finnish proficiency. At first with the help of English and later, by deciding to invest in learning Finnish, both key participants managed to build new careers and meaningful lives for themselves and their families in a new environment.
YSO-asiasanat: kotoutuminen (maahanmuuttajat); kielen oppiminen; suomen kieli; maahanmuuttajat; työperäinen maahanmuutto; naiset
Vapaat asiasanat: integration; investment; language learning; migrant; short story analysis
Liittyvät organisaatiot
OKM-raportointi: Kyllä
Raportointivuosi: 2022
Alustava JUFO-taso: 1
