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The paper is informed by sociocultural standpoints on language and language learning according to which language is a dynamic tool that is appropriated by individuals to achieve particular purposes, and that dialogically creates and renews our social world(s) . Since the sixteenth century, three languages (German, French and English) have been taught in Sweden as foreign languages during particular eras. In this paper, we explore how language value can be understood as a system that evolves over time asa result of triggers such as power, trade and personal benefits. The impact of these variables on Swedish society’s efforts to invest in learning a particular language during specific eras is critically examined from the perspectives of nested systems.  \nKeywords: dynamic system, foreign language learning, foreign language values  \n1 *Corresponding Author. Dalarna University, Sweden; [pgh@du.se](pgh@du.se).  \n2 Department of Language Studies, Umeå University, Sweden.  \n3 Professor emerita, Umeå University, Sweden.  \nDinamika vrednot tujih jezikov na Švedskem: socialnazgodovina  \nParvin Gheitasi, Eva Lindgren in Janet Enever  \n• Članek predstavlja zgodovino vrednot glede tujih jezikov na Švedskemod sedemnajstega stoletja do danes, pri čemer izhaja iz sociokulturnihstališč o jeziku in učenju jezikov, skladno s katerimi je jezik dinamičnoorodje, ki si ga posamezniki prisvojijo za doseganje določenih namenovin ki dialoško ustvarja pa tudi obnavlja naš(e) družbeni(e) svet(ove) . Od šestnajstega stoletja naprej so se na Švedskem v določenih obdobjih učili tri tuje jezike (nemškega, francoskega in angleškega) . V članku preučujemo, kako je mogoče jezikovne vrednote razumeti kot sistem, ki se razvija skozi čas kot posledica sprožilcev, kot so: moč, trgovanje in osebne koristi. Z vidika ukoreninjenih sistemov kritično preučujemo vpliv navedenih spremenljivk na prizadevanja švedske družbe za vlaganje vučenje določenega jezika v specifičnih obdobjih.  \nKljučne besede: dinamični sistem, učenje tujih jezikov, vrednote tujih jezikov  \nIntroduction  \nSince the start of the twenty-first century, the English language has become the most important global lingua franca. Trade, tourism and social contact use English for communication across countries and continents. Sweden is no exception. English is used by most people on a daily basis and Swedish 15-yearolds surpass their European peers in English language competencies (ESLC, SurveyLang, 2012). At the same time, their competence in foreign languages other than English is considerably lower than that ofmany other European 15-year-olds (special Eurobarometer 386, 2012). However, the remarkably strong position of English as a foreign language in Sweden is a recent phenomenon, and is preceded by a complex and dynamic history of German and French dominance.  \nWhen chaos theory was introduced in the 1960s it was a way of explaining how complex phenomena like weather are actually systems that interact over time and space (Oestreicher, 2007). Seemingly random events in one part of the world can severely affect other places. The explanation is that these phenomena are organised systems that can be pushed into chaos by diverse occurrences, but will always strive to reorganise themselves as systems. The idea of complex systems has since been applied to a number of other areas, including language, language use and language learning. Ellis (2008, p. 233) explains that“Language learning and language use are dynamic processes in which regularities and systems arise from the interaction of people, brains, selves, societies, and cultures using languages in the world”.  \nIn this paper we argue that the dominance of one or more foreign language","cbCaiaiPa3ZOk2t2","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiaiPa3ZOk2t2","pdf",210306,22,"English","# Introduction\n## Language value as a dynamic system\n## English dominance and earlier German/French influence\n## Complex systems and nested-system perspectives","[{\"question\":\"What does the paper investigate about Sweden’s foreign language values?\",\"answer\":\"It investigates how foreign language values in Sweden evolved from the seventeenth century to the present, focusing on changing language dominance and learning priorities.\"},{\"question\":\"What factors does the paper use to explain changes in language value?\",\"answer\":\"It frames language value as a dynamic system influenced by triggers such as power, trade, and personal benefits.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the paper connect language dominance to language learning and social change?\",\"answer\":\"It argues that higher communicative and network value makes a language more likely to be promoted, learned, and used, thereby shaping broader social developments over time.\"}]","The Dynamics of Foreign Language Values in Sweden - Social History | PDF",1792086667,55]