Attitudes to Modern Foreign Language Learning

Insights from Comparative Education

AvBrendan Bartram

Häftad, Engelska, 2012

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Drawing on the results of a tri-national comparative survey of secondary pupils' attitudes towards Modern Foreign Language Learning (MFLL), this book illustrates both the importance and nature of learner attitudes and the contribution of comparative education to our understanding of educational issues. Questions considered include: What is the nature of the pupils' attitudes to the educational dimensions of learning French, German and English in each country? To what extent do educational factors influence the pupils' attitudes to learning each language in each country? How similar are the pupils' attitudes to MFLL within and between the three countries? What judgements can be made about the relative significance of educational and socio-cultural influences on pupil attitudes to MFLL in each country.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2012-07-26
Mått:156 x 234 x 12 mm
Vikt:327 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:208
Förlag:Continuum Publishing Corporation
ISBN:9781441127044

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Brendan Bartram is Senior Lecturer at the School of Education, University of Wolverhampton, UK.

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'Invaluable to researchers in the field of Modern Foreign Language Learning (MFLL) as well as teachers and policy makers. The book is packed with comprehensive evidence difficult to come by elsewhere. Bartram's conclusions about how to respond to the remarkable findings about language attitudes, especially the commodity view of language, are well worth discussing in national and international circles.' Bärbel Diehr, Professor of TEFL and Psycholinguistics, University of Wuppertal, Germany

Innehållsförteckning

1. Introduction: Attitudes to language learning; 2. Comparing: Issues and contexts; 3. The Concept of Attitudes; 4. Attitudes to Modern Foreign Language Learning and Educational Influences; 5. Socio-cultural Attitudes and Influences; 6. Attitudes to Learning German, French and English; 7. Modern Foreign Language Learning Attitudes in the Three Countries; 8. Conclusions and Lessons; List of References; Index.