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Implicit language attitudes in Catalonia (Spain): investigating preferences for Catalan or Spanish using the Implicit Association Test

open access: yesJournal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2020
In line with the increased interest in studying implicit language attitudes, this study aims to explore implicit attitudes towards Catalan and Spanish in the multicultural and multilingual context of Catalonia (Spain) using the Implicit Association Test (
M. Ianos   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

“A Giant Leap for Mankind”, but What About Women? The Role of System-Justifying Ideologies in Predicting Attitudes Toward Sexist Language [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Sexist language excludes, trivializes or diminishes either gender. Despite efforts by many professional bodies to encourage the use of nonsexist alternatives, sexist language use persists across many languages.
Douglas, Karen, Sutton, Robbie M.
core   +1 more source

Language attitudes in the second language situation

open access: yesPer Linguam : A Journal of Language Learning, 2013
A distinction is made between attitudes and specifically language attitudes. The process of acculturation is dealt with and its influence upon the motivation of ESL learners. Integrational and instmmental motivation are defined.
Riana Roos
doaj   +1 more source

Understanding Heritage Language Learners’ Critical Language Awareness (CLA) in Mixed Language Programs

open access: yesLanguages, 2021
Despite the prevalence of mixed language programs across the United States, their impact on the unique socio-affective needs of heritage language (HL) students has not been researched sufficiently.
Laura Gasca Jiménez   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Language and Societal Attitudes

open access: yesNordic Journal of African Studies, 2001
Listening to modern Malawian popular music and listening to the speeches of boys and girls, young men and women and sometimes older men and women in Malawi today, one is soon struck by the fact that the speeches contain words, phrases and sometimes ...
Francis Moto
doaj   +1 more source

Information-Seeking Question Intonation in Basque Spanish and Its Correlation with Degree of Contact and Language Attitudes

open access: yesLanguages, 2020
The present study analyzes the prosodic characteristics of the variety of Spanish in contact with Basque (in the Basque Country, Spain). We focus on information-seeking yes/no questions, which present different intonation contours in Spanish and Basque ...
Magdalena Romera, Gorka Elordieta
doaj   +1 more source

A Corpus-Assisted Discourse Study of Attitudes toward Spanish as a Heritage Language in Florida

open access: yesLanguages, 2021
Spanish speakers constitute the largest heritage language community in the US. The state of Florida is unusual in that, on one hand, it has one of the highest foreign-born resident rates in the country, most of whom originate from Latin America—but on ...
Ethan Kutlu, Ruth Kircher
doaj   +1 more source

Implementation of Communicative Language Teaching: Cambodian EFL Teachers' Attitudes toward Communicative Language Teaching [PDF]

open access: yes, 2022
The aim of the present study was to examine the role of teachers’ attitudes and beliefs in the implementation of communicative language teaching (CLT) in Cambodian universities.
Doeur, Bunhorn
core   +1 more source

When your language is disappearing: Canadian Doukhobor Russian

open access: yesRussian Language Studies, 2022
This article considers Russian language attitudes of Canadian Doukhobors, a religious and ethnic minority group of Russian origin who immigrated to Canada in 1899.
Veronika Makarova
doaj   +1 more source

Language Attitudes and Policy Preferences: Insights From International Scholarship Applicants to Hungarian Universities

open access: yesDarnioji daugiakalbystė, 2023
This study examined the attitudes of individuals seeking scholarships to study abroad, exploring whether their views on languages and language policy models vary based on gender, study programs, and countries.
Mambetaliev Askar
doaj   +1 more source

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