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Tiêu đề
On the background and motivation of students in a beginning Spanish program
Tác giả
Mandell P.B.
Năm xuất bản
2002
Source title
Foreign Language Annals
Số trích dẫn
4
DOI
10.1111/j.1944-9720.2002.tb02721.x
Liên kết
Tóm tắt
A number of recent articles have examined the motivation, purpose oj study, and demographics of first- and second-year language learners of French or Spanish (see, e.g., Ossipov, 2000; Rava, 2000; Voght, 2000; Wen, 1997) This study sureyed the make-up of a sample of first-and second-year university-level Spanish learners at a major postsecondary institution in a city with a substantial, growing population of monolingual and bilingual Spanish speakers. The results of the survey were used to address questions about learner preparation prior to entering a four-year university course of study, preferred and desired activities in the current curriculum, and motivations for the study of Spanish. Generalizations about the nature of the typical learner in this context and the implications of the appreciation of and desire for grammar-related and communicative activities - as expressed by the respondents - in the contemporary liberal arts curriculum are discussed.
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Nơi xuất bản
American Council on Teaching of Foreign Languages
Hình thức xuất bản
Article
Open Access
Nguồn
Scopus