Ursula Lanvers

2.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
35 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Ursula Lanvers is a scholar working on Language and Linguistics, Literature and Literary Theory and Linguistics and Language. According to data from OpenAlex, Ursula Lanvers has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Language and Linguistics, 22 papers in Literature and Literary Theory and 16 papers in Linguistics and Language. Recurrent topics in Ursula Lanvers's work include Second Language Learning and Teaching (22 papers), EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (19 papers) and Multilingual Education and Policy (15 papers). Ursula Lanvers is often cited by papers focused on Second Language Learning and Teaching (22 papers), EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (19 papers) and Multilingual Education and Policy (15 papers). Ursula Lanvers collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Ukraine and Hong Kong. Ursula Lanvers's co-authors include Peter Auer, Marion Williams, Robert Burden, Anna Kristina Hultgren, James A. Coleman, Angela Gayton, Amy S. Thompson, Suzanne Graham, Sarah Mercer and Jun Jin and has published in prestigious journals such as Modern Language Journal, Teaching and Teacher Education and System.

In The Last Decade

Ursula Lanvers

33 papers receiving 1.2k citations

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Code Switching in Conversation: Language, Interaction and Identity

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ursula Lanvers United Kingdom	17	941	713	653	218	206	35	1.4k
Kingsley Bolton Hong Kong	20	941 1.0×	965 1.4×	847 1.3×	166 0.8×	176 0.9×	87	1.7k
David Graddol United Kingdom	11	680 0.7×	510 0.7×	516 0.8×	133 0.6×	185 0.9×	30	1.2k
David C. S. Li Hong Kong	19	726 0.8×	719 1.0×	557 0.9×	181 0.8×	131 0.6×	59	1.2k
Cem Alptekin Türkiye	14	1.3k 1.4×	688 1.0×	1.0k 1.6×	465 2.1×	305 1.5×	26	1.8k
Joan Kelly Hall United States	21	1.3k 1.4×	451 0.6×	904 1.4×	284 1.3×	320 1.6×	59	1.8k
Rani Rubdy Singapore	13	1.0k 1.1×	678 1.0×	807 1.2×	292 1.3×	405 2.0×	27	1.6k
Wei Ren China	24	1.1k 1.1×	326 0.5×	785 1.2×	207 0.9×	158 0.8×	88	1.6k
Barbara A Lafford United States	19	1.1k 1.1×	363 0.5×	855 1.3×	335 1.5×	247 1.2×	53	1.5k
Rosamond Mitchell United Kingdom	21	1.2k 1.3×	418 0.6×	806 1.2×	671 3.1×	293 1.4×	67	1.6k
Kanavillil Rajagopalan Brazil	14	600 0.6×	463 0.6×	523 0.8×	59 0.3×	115 0.6×	130	975

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ursula Lanvers

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Lanvers, Ursula. (2025). What should we demand of socially responsible language education policy?. Modern Language Journal. 109(2). 459–464. 1 indexed citations

Lanvers, Ursula & David Cowling. (2025). Opportunities for all in language learning: overcoming the social divide. Language Learning Journal. 54(1). 38–48.

Lanvers, Ursula, et al.. (2024). Bill 7633 on the restriction of the use of Russian text sources in Ukrainian research and education: analysing language policy in times of war. Language Policy. 24(1). 109–147. 1 indexed citations

Lanvers, Ursula. (2023). Language policy in the crossfire in Ireland: can Languages Connect deliver in the Republic of Ireland?. Irish Educational Studies. 43(4). 1209–1225. 3 indexed citations

Lanvers, Ursula, et al.. (2021). White Rose Research Online (University of Leeds, The University of Sheffield, University of York). 20 indexed citations

Lanvers, Ursula. (2021). ‘Spare a thought for the language learner!’ A commentary on Hultgren’s red herring. Nordic Journal of English Studies. 20(1). 4 indexed citations

Lanvers, Ursula. (2020). Changing language mindsets about modern languages: a school intervention. Language Learning Journal. 48(5). 571–597. 17 indexed citations

Lanvers, Ursula, et al.. (2019). ‘I've got a gut feeling that I'd regret not choosing Spanish’. A critical discourse analysis of language option choice discussions on Mumsnet and Studentroom. Language Learning Journal. 48(5). 555–570. 3 indexed citations

Lanvers, Ursula, et al.. (2018). Student motivation, school policy choices and modern language study in England. Language Learning Journal. 47(3). 281–298. 28 indexed citations

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Lanvers, Ursula. (2018). Public debates of the Englishization of education in Germany. White Rose Research Online (University of Leeds, The University of Sheffield, University of York). 10(1). 39–76. 7 indexed citations

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Lanvers, Ursula, et al.. (2018). Brexit as Linguistic Symptom of Britain Retreating into its Shell? Brexit‐Induced Politicization of Language Learning. Modern Language Journal. 102(4). 775–796. 18 indexed citations

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Lanvers, Ursula & Anna Kristina Hultgren. (2018). The Englishization of European education. Open Research Online (The Open University). 10(1). 147–152. 7 indexed citations

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Lanvers, Ursula. (2017). Contradictory Others and the Habitus of Languages: Surveying the L2 Motivation Landscape in the United Kingdom. Modern Language Journal. 101(3). 517–532. 66 indexed citations

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Lanvers, Ursula. (2016). Lots of Selves, some rebellious: Developing the Self Discrepancy Model for Language Learners. System. 60. 79–92. 66 indexed citations

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Lanvers, Ursula, Anna Kristina Hultgren, & Angela Gayton. (2016). ‘People can be smarter with two languages’: changing anglophone students' attitudes to language learning through teaching linguistics. Language Learning Journal. 47(1). 88–104. 20 indexed citations

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Lanvers, Ursula. (2011). Language Education Policy in England. Is English the elephant in the room. Open Research Online (The Open University). 13 indexed citations

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Lanvers, Ursula. (2004). Gender in discourse behaviour in parent–child dyads: a literature review. Child Care Health and Development. 30(5). 481–493. 11 indexed citations

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Lea, Susan, et al.. (2003). Developing a Profile and Identifying Relevant Factors. 1 indexed citations

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Williams, Marion, et al.. (2002). French is the language of love and stuff”: : motivation aspects in foreign language learning at secondary level’. White Rose Research Online (University of Leeds, The University of Sheffield, University of York). 2 indexed citations

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Lanvers, Ursula. (2001). Language alternation in infant bilinguals: A developmental approach to codeswitching. International Journal of Bilingualism. 5(4). 437–464. 26 indexed citations

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