On the Background and Motivation of Students in a Beginning Spanish Program

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ID8939286
AuthorsPaul B Mandell (University of Houston, corresponding author)
Year2002
Volume35
Issue5
Pages530-542
Publication date2002-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueForeign Language Annals (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0015-718X • E-ISSN: 1944-9720
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1944-9720.2002.tb02721.x
OpenAlexW2037334237
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited11

A number of recent articles have examined the motivation, purpose of 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 surveyed 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

AP French Language · Context (archaeology · Curriculum · Demographics · Foreign language · Geography · Grammar · Higher education · Institution · Liberal arts education · Linguistics · Mathematics education · Pedagogy · Political science · Population · Sample (material · Social science · Sociology · Demography · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning · French Language Learning Methods · Psychology · Second Language Learning and Teaching

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