ABSTRACT Like other anglophone countries, the UK is experiencing a language ‘crisis’, in that fewer and fewer students opt to study a foreign language (FL) beyond the compulsory phase, and that the UK’s language skills do not match its economic needs. Despite strong statements of commitments to increase FL uptake, decline in FL uptake in the UK’s four nations persists. In a novel approach, this study investigates how key stakeholders (parents, students) discuss whether to continue with FL study beyond the compulsory phase on the internet platforms Mumsnet and Studentroom. The researchers undertook a thematic analysis of threads relevant to this topic on these platforms, in two equal-sized corpora from Mumsnet and Studentroom respectively. The analysis of stakeholders’ stances towards both current, and wished for, FL policies and practices is then utilised to formulate five FL policy suggestions that respect stakeholders’ preferences and concerns, and could lead to facilitating the choice for a FL beyond the compulsory phase.

中文翻译：

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“我有一种直觉，我后悔没有选择西班牙语”。Mumsnet和Studentroom上的语言选项选择讨论的批评性话语分析

摘要与其他英语国家一样，英国正在经历一种语言“危机”，因为越来越多的学生选择在必修阶段之后学习外语（FL），并且英国的语言能力与经济需求不符。尽管有坚定的承诺增加FL吸收的声明，但英国四个国家的FL吸收持续下降。本研究以一种新颖的方式调查了主要利益相关者（父母，学生）如何讨论是否必须在义务教育阶段之后在互联网平台Mumsnet和Studentroom上继续进行FL学习。研究人员在分别来自Mumsnet和Studentroom的两个大小相等的语料库上，对这些平台上与此主题相关的主题进行了主题分析。对利益相关者对当前和希望采取的态度的分析，