L1 and L2 Language Attitudes

Polish and Italian Migrants in France and Ireland

Bibliographic Data

ID5900097
AuthorsVera Regan (0000-0001-7839-9224, University College Dublin, corresponding author)
Year2023
Volume8
Issue1
Pages19
Publication date2023-01-04
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueLanguages (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2226-471X • E-ISSN: 2226-471X
PublisherMDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT)
DOI10.3390/languages8010019
OpenAlexW4313576876
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited29

Until recently, research on language attitudes focused mainly on attitudes relating to speakers' L1. However, with the increase in interest in multilingualism in a globalised world, there has been a renewed interest in language attitudes relating to L2 speakers. This article focuses on these issues in the context of migration: how language attitudes associated with migrants' L1 and L2 may affect the L2 acquisition process. The attitudes of two L2 groups (Polish and Italian) are compared to see if, in the case of speakers learning different L2's (French and Irish English), there was a difference based on the different contexts. Qualitative data and analysis were used to attend to the voices of the participants in the study. Analysis revealed differences in language attitudes amongst Polish migrants in France, Polish migrants in Ireland, and Italian migrants in Ireland that paralleled differences in L2 strategies. This supports recent research which indicates that attitudes associated with L2s play a more important role than was previously realised and should be considered alongside L1 language attitudes

Affect (linguistics · Context (archaeology · First language · Immigration · Irish · Linguistics · Multilingualism · Pedagogy · Political science · Second language · Sociology · Gender Studies · History · Linguistic and Sociocultural Studies · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Multilingual Education and Policy · Psychology

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