Two at the time
The parallel learning of French and English as foreign languages
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21180296 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Bastien De Clercq (0000-0002-8166-2852, Vrije Universiteit Brussel), Hannelore Simoens (Vrije Universiteit Brussel) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 63 |
| Issue | 0 |
| Publication date | 2015-09-28 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Círculo de lingüística aplicada a la comunicación (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1576-4737 • E-ISSN: 1576-4737 |
| Publisher | Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.5209/rev_clac.2015.v63.50168 |
| OpenAlex | W1783457188 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 30 |
In this paper, we report on the findings of a research project on the parallel learning of two foreign languages, French and English, by the same pupils in secondary education in Flanders (Belgium). The Flemish education system offers a unique context whereby the same learners acquire two foreign languages simultaneously in similar classroom environments. Not only does this reduce the number of intervening variables (e.g. memory capacity and age) substantially, it also offers an exclusive insight into the interaction between linguistic proficiency, curricular context and socio-psychological dispositions. Some 125 Dutch-speaking pupils, enrolled in the final year of secondary school, were selected from five schools in Flanders. Proficiency in both languages was measured by a cross-linguistically comparable test battery that evaluated productive skills (speaking and writing). In addition, the pupils’ attitudinal-motivational dispositions towards these languages were determined by means of a written questionnaire, consisting of some 100 statements that were based upon Gardner’s (1985) AMTB and Baker’s (1992) attitude instrument. In spite of their higher curricular exposure to French, the pupils consistently attained higher proficiency levels in English and were overall more favourably disposed towards English than towards French. Although several factors may contribute to this twofold-result, our study suggests that the extra-curricular exposure to a foreign language is a significant factor with regard to foreign language learning as it influences both the available learning opportunities and the socio-psychological dispositions towards the foreign language. In turn, the combination of additional extra-curricular input and more favourable socio-psychological dispositions somehow compensate for the discrepancy in formal exposure between French and English in Flemish foreign language classrooms
AP French Language · Flemish · Foreign language · German · Language proficiency · Linguistics · Mathematics education · Pedagogy · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning · History · Multilingual Education and Policy · Psychology · Second Language Learning and Teaching
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| Highly cited | No |