This study was framed on the theory of Language Socialisation and a Systematic Functional Linguistic (SFL) approach. The aim of the study was to analyse the oral presentation discourse produced by an elemen- tary Iranian English as Second Language (ESL) postgraduate student in an American university four times (September/December, 2015 and March/September, 2016) over one year. The data were col...

this study was framed on the theory of language socialisation and a systematic functional linguistic (sfl) approach. the aim of the study was to analyse the oral presentation discourse produced by an elemen- tary iranian english as second language (esl) postgraduate student in an american university four times (september/december, 2015 and march/september, 2016) over one year. the data were col...

Digital socialisation is to learn the ways of living online, across national borders, local cultures and societies and has to be inclusive for equal participation. Conditions for this socialisation process are different due to both local and individual limitations. In a high-income country like Sweden, playing computer games are one of the most common practices for digital socialisation among y...

This article presents data from a research study designed to compare the achievements of teenagers with Down syndrome educated in mainstream classrooms or in special education classrooms throughout their full-time education. Progress is reported for speech and language, literacy, socialisation, daily living skills and behaviour. For all the teenagers, there is evidence of progress with age on a...

This paper begins in Section 1 by noting two processes that have been generally overlooked sociolinguistics. Firstly, the prevailing approaches to ethnicity tended neglect through which individuals can either adopt someone else's ethnicity, or get together with them and create a new one. Secondly, socialization sociolinguistics is most commonly seen as enculturation into an ingroup, not process...

Abstract This retrospective review applies a language socialisation perspective in examining the findings of four-year research project on Swedish immersion Finland. Findings from nine sub-studies within are reported with point-of-view three key actors’ (teachers, students, and parents) processes. Results show that special feature teacher is its continuous attention toward additive multilingual...

As modern society is becoming more oriented to advanced technologies, a new type of literacy computer literacy – is being more widely discussed. Like reading, which by socialisation scholars is sometimes rightly called the socialisation of socialisation or secondary socialisation, computer literacy has become an essential precondition for a person's successful socialisation and his/her professi...

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES To present a discussion on newcomer adaptation as a lens through which to understand how nursing students adapt to clinical practice and raise awareness of strategies that can be used to enhance their learning experiences. BACKGROUND Socialisation is an important factor that facilitates students' learning in the clinical setting. Therefore, it is beneficial to examine orga...