“On thin ice” – Discomfort using Sie among Danish students and teachers of German, and implications for Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL)

The article discusses discomfort with using the polite/formal form of address Sie among students and teachers in German CLIL courses at university level in Denmark. Based on focus group interviews with students and teachers, we show that Danish students and teachers find it awkward to adopt the Ger...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Maribel Blasco, Bjarne Ørsnes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences 2019-01-01
Series:FLEKS: Scandinavian Journal of Intercultural Theory and Practice
Online Access:https://journals.hioa.no/index.php/fleks/article/view/2135