Metaphor in education : A multilingual and Scandinavian perspective

• This special issue explores the use of metaphor in education from a multilingual perspective in two Scandinavian countries, Norway and Sweden. Inthis introduction, we include a brief overview of earlier research in thedomain and identify common factors noteworthy to discuss in relation tothe multilingual context, for instance, the notion of creativity and speakerlegitimacy in a second language context. The issue includes six articles comprising multilingual school children, youth, university students, adultmigrants, and indigenous minorities. Several of the articles focus on secondlanguage acquisition, use and assessment, while others deal more withsocial issues, including unequal power relations and prejudices that newcomers encounter in everyday life.

Subject headings

HUMANIORA  -- Språk och litteratur -- Jämförande språkvetenskap och allmän lingvistik (hsv//swe)

HUMANITIES  -- Languages and Literature -- General Language Studies and Linguistics (hsv//eng)

Keyword

Scandinavia

education

multilingualism

second language learning

creativity

språkdidaktik

Language Education

utbildningsvetenskap med inriktning mot språk och språkutveckling

Education in Languages and Language Development

Publication and Content Type

ref (subject category)

art (subject category)