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URN: urn:nbn:de:0111-pedocs-338371
DOI: 10.25656/01:33837; 10.3384/rela.2000-7426.5259
URN: urn:nbn:de:0111-pedocs-338371
DOI: 10.25656/01:33837; 10.3384/rela.2000-7426.5259
| Title |
Struggles of highly educated adult immigrants as identity negotiations through Finnish language learning |
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| Authors |
Chavez Rodriguez, Paulina  ;
Isopahkala-Bouret, Ulpukka ;
Järvinen, Tero |
| Source | European journal for Research on the Education and Learning of Adults 16 (2025) 2, S. 229-246  |
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| Keywords (German) | Erwachsenenbildung; Migrant; Finnisch; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Identität; Akademiker; Interview; Finnland |
| sub-discipline | Adult Education / Further Education |
| Document type | Article (journal) |
| ISSN | 2000-7426; 20007426 |
| Language | English |
| Year of creation | 2025 |
| review status | Peer-Reviewed |
| Abstract (English): | This article aims to advance a critical understanding of language learning and identity negotiations among adult immigrants. Through Bonny Norton’s (2013) theoretical lens of ‘identity as a site of struggle’, we argue that immigrants often find themselves in contradictory positions assigned through unequal power relations because of their inadequacy in using the local language. Using narrative positioning analysis, we explore the ways in which highly educated adult immigrants in Finland negotiate their identities through Finnish language learning. Our data consists of initial interviews from a longitudinal study with seven adult immigrants who participated in Finnish Integration Training. Our findings show how the acts of identity negotiations referred to three specific types of ‘struggles’: struggle for recognition of competence; resistance against immigrant stereotypes; and the balancing act of parenthood in a multilingual context. These negotiations highlight difficulties and inequalities adult immigrants face, but also their empowerment through language learning. (DIPF/Orig.) |
| other articles of this journal | European journal for Research on the Education and Learning of Adults Jahr: 2025 |
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| Date of publication | 03.09.2025 |
| Citation | Chavez Rodriguez, Paulina; Isopahkala-Bouret, Ulpukka; Järvinen, Tero: Struggles of highly educated adult immigrants as identity negotiations through Finnish language learning - In: European journal for Research on the Education and Learning of Adults 16 (2025) 2, S. 229-246 - URN: urn:nbn:de:0111-pedocs-338371 - DOI: 10.25656/01:33837; 10.3384/rela.2000-7426.5259 |
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