Stockholm university

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.

Group description

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.

Group members

Group managers

Fanny Forsberg Lundell

Professor

Department of Romance Studies and Classics
Fanny Forsberg Lundell

Members

Klara Arvidsson

Forskare

Department of Romance Studies and Classics
Photo

Camilla Bardel

Professor

Department of Teaching and Learning
Foto Rikard

Inge Bartning

Professor emerita

Department of Romance Studies and Classics
Inge Bartning

Hugues Engel

Associate Professor of French

Department of Romance Studies and Classics
Profilbild

Lars Fant

Professor emeritus

Department of Romance Studies and Classics
Lars Fant. Professor i romanska särskilt iberoromanska språk vid Stockholms universitet

Anna Ingeborg Gudmundson

Universitetslektor, ämnesstudierektor i italienska

Department of Romance Studies and Classics
Anna Gudmundson, lektor, Italienska

Anna Jon-And

Senior lecturer, Director of Centre for Cultural Evolution

Department of Psychology
Anna Jon-And

Nicolai Witthøft

PhD student

Department of Romance Studies and Classics

Rakel Österberg

Associate Professor in Spanish linguistics

Department of Romance Studies and Classics
Rakel Österberg

Research projects

Publications

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.