Research group RomSLA - Romance Languages and Second Language Acquisition

The research group RomSLA gathers researchers interested in the acquisition of second languages with a specific focus on Romance languages.
Samtal mellan studenter. I bakgrunden Stockholms Stadshus

Foto: Niklas Björling

RomSLA studies SLA (Second Language Acquisition) from various angles and welcome eclectic approaches. Some common themes can however be found, often related to the specificities of our target languages and their role and status in Swedish society and in the world.


The group is hosted by the Department of Romance Studies and Classics at Stockholm University and chaired by Professor Fanny Forsberg Lundell. The group meets bimonthly to discuss ongoing and forthcoming research, and includes senior scholars as well as PhD students. Master students are also welcome to join. RomSLA studies SLA from various angles and welcome eclectic approaches. Some common themes can however be found, often related to the specificities of our target languages and their role and status in Swedish society and in the world. These themes include: Study Abroad research, Heritage language acquisition, Teaching of Romance languages in secondary and post-secondary education, Adult L2 acquisition in a migratory context, Social and psychological factors.




Arvidsson, K. & Engel, H. (2024) - How do high-achieving students learn languages online? Language learning strategy use among university students of languages other than English. Nordic Journal of Language Teaching and Learning, 12(1), 154–168.

Rodriguez, A. P. (2024). - Reseña de Manchón, Rosa M.; Roca de Larios, Julio (Eds.)(2023). Research Methods in the Study of L2 Writing Processes. John Benjamins Publishing Company. TEISEL. Tecnologías para la investigación en segundas lenguas, 3, 1–12.

Granfeldt, J., Erickson, G., Bardel, C., Sayehli, S., Ågren, M., & Österberg, R. (2023). - Speaking French, German and Spanish in Swedish lower secondary school : A study on attained levels of proficiency . Apples - Journal of Applied Language Studies, 17(2), 91–121. https://doi.org/10.47862/apples.127819 (Original work published October 3, 2023)

Morales Ruiz, Jenny (2023) - Journal of Spanish Language Teaching. Emails of complaints: the effects of task-based pragmatic instruction in L2 Spanish. Los reclamos por correo electrónico: efectos de la instrucción pragmática con enfoque por tareas en el español L2

Arvidsson, K. & Rocher-Hahlin, C. (2022) - Extramural French among university students in Sweden. Moderna Språk 16(22), 21-24.

Arvidsson, K. & Jemstedt, A. (2022) - The Perceived Importance of Language Skills in Europe—The Case of Swedish Migrants in France. Languages, 7(4), 290.

Beaulieu, Suzie, Forsberg Lundell, Fanny and Bejarano, Javier (2022) - Interlocutors’ judgment of Lx conventional expressions: An exploratory study Suzie Beaulieu. From the journal Intercultural Pragmatics.

Fanny Forsberg Lundell, Arvidsson Klara and Jemstedt Andreas, (2022) - The importance of psychological and social factors in adult SLA: The case of productive collocation knowledge in L2 Swedish of L1 French long-term residents Published online by Cambridge University Press: 30 September 2022

Erickson, Gudrun, Bardel, Camilla, Österberg, Rakel and Rosén, Monica. (2022)

Attitudes and ambiguities – teachers’ views on second foreign language education in Swedish compulsory school. In: Bardel, Camilla, Hedman, Christina, Rejman, Katarina and Zetterholm, Elisabeth. (Eds.), Exploring Language Education: Global and local perspectives, pp. 157–201. Stockholm University Press.

Sayehli, Susan, Österberg, Rakel and Granfeldt, Jonas. (2022) - "Emotion and motivation in younger learners’ second foreign language acquisition". Second Language Learning Before Adulthood: Individual Differences in Children and Adolescents, edited by Vanessa De Wilde and Claire Goriot, Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, 2022, pp. 203-224

Österberg, Rakel, Donoso, Alejandra & Sologuren, Enrique. (2022) - Back to the Initial Condition: Experiences that trigger the need to develop language skills among university Spanish students. HumaNetten 48, pages 225-61.

Forsberg Lundell, F., Arvidsson, K., & Bouchard, M. E. (2022). - Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1-16. Language ideologies and second language acquisition: the case of French long-term residents in Sweden.

Forsberg Lundell, F., Arvidsson, K., & Jemstedt, A. (2022). - Second Language Research, 1 May 2022, 1-26. What factors predict perceived nativelikeness in long-term L2 users?

Fuster, C. (2022). Doctoral dissertation. Stockholm University. - Lexical transfer in pedagogical translanguaging: Exploring intentionality in multilingual learners of Spanish.

Romano. F. (2022). International Journal of Bilingualism. - Task effects and the yes-bias in heritage language bilingualism.

Vallerossa, F. (2021). Languages 6(184). - The role of linguistic typology, target language proficiency and prototypes in learning aspectual contrasts in Italian as additional language.

Engel, H. (2021). Revue des Sciences de l’Éducation. - Relations potentielles entre les facteurs âge, sexe et multi-inscriptions et la réussite et la persévérance dans les études de français langue étrangère.

Falk, Y. & Bardel, C. (2021). Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism. - Transfer patterns in L3 learning discussed.

Fant, L., Bartning, I., and Österberg, R. (2021). - IRAL International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching. De Gruyter, Mouton. Left/right periphery in French, Spanish and Swedish L1 and L2.

Romano, F. (2021). Applied Linguistics, 42(5), 945–969 - L1 versus dominant language transfer effects in L2 and heritage speakers of Italian: a structural priming study.

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