Swedish or English? Migrants' experiences of the exchangeability of language resources

International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 442-463

  Henry, Alastair ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY WEST   (Sweden)

Author keywords

English as a lingua franca; global English; language choices; language repertoires; migration; Sweden

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925423411     PISSN: 13670050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13670050.2015.1008979     Document Type: Article

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