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Communication challenges faced by customers who are less proficient in English and Afrikaans at two South African state-owned enterprises

open access: yesLiterator, 2023
The Use of Official Languages Act (No. 12 of 2012) applies to all national departments and state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in South Africa and stipulates that they should promote multilingualism when interacting with members of the public and/or customers.
Lungisani Xolani Khumalo   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Language, or Dialect, That Is the Question. How Attitudes Affect Language Statistics Using the Example of Low German

open access: yesLanguages, 2021
This paper explores how attitudes affect the seemingly objective process of counting speakers of varieties using the example of Low German, Germany’s sole regional language.
Astrid Adler
doaj   +1 more source

LANGUAGE ATTITUDES OF INDONESIANS AS EFL LEARNERS, GENDER, AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS

open access: yesLLT Journal: A Journal on Language and Language Teaching, 2018
This study explored the language attitude in terms of gender and socio-economic status (SES) in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. The aim of this study was to find out the relationships among five components of languages attitudes in terms of gender and socio ...
Dirtya Sunyi Paradewari   +1 more
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Language Attitudes and L2 Motivation of Korean Language Learners in Malaysia

open access: yesJournal of Language and Education, 2020
This study examined relationships between language attitudes and L2 motivation of learners of Korean as a Foreign Language (KFL) in a large public university in Malaysia.
Larisa Nikitina   +2 more
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Attitudes towards Turkish and Turks in Austria: From Guestworkers to “Quasi-Foreigners” in a Changing Social Landscape

open access: yesLanguages, 2021
In Austria, Turkish immigrants have long suffered from the stigma of being the uneducated and unintegrated guestworker, often portrayed as marginalised and as living in parallel societies.
Johannes Woschitz
doaj   +1 more source

Toward a Century of Language Attitudes Research: Looking Back and Moving Forward

open access: yes, 2020
The study of language attitudes is concerned with the social meanings people assign to language and its users. With roots in social psychology nearly a century ago, language attitudes research spans several academic disciplines and draws on diverse ...
Marko Dragojevic   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

How to Ensure Bilingualism/Biliteracy in an Indigenous Context: The Case of Icelandic Sign Language

open access: yesLanguages, 2021
The paper discusses the implementation of a bilingual education language policy in the context of endangered indigenous sign language—Icelandic Sign Language (íslenskt táknmál, ÍTM).
Elena Koulidobrova   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

How Course Level, Gender, and Ethnic Identity Labels Interact with Language Attitudes towards Spanish as a Heritage Language

open access: yesHispania, 2020
:This study investigates correlations of course level, gender, and ethnic identity labels with attitudinal dimensions toward Spanish by Spanish as a Heritage Language Learners in New Mexico. Participants in first-semester (n = 327) and fourth-semester (n
Mary Hudgens Henderson   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Multilingualism and third language acquisition: Learning and teaching trends

open access: yes, 2021
The purpose of this book is to present recent studies in the field of multilingualism and L3, bringing together contributions from an international group of specialists from Austria, Canada, Germany, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, and United ...
Yanaprasart, Patchareerat   +15 more
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Taalgesindhede teenoor Afrikaans - ’n verkenning vanuit taalteoretiese perspektief

open access: yesLiterator, 1995
Language attitudes towards Afrikaans - a reconnaisance from a theoretical point of view The main aim of this article is to investigate the language attitude issue from a viewpoint embedded in the theory of language planning.
M. Verhoef
doaj   +1 more source

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