| Motivation, Language Attitudes and Globalisation: A Hungarian Perspective Contributor(s): Dörnyei, Zoltán (Author), Csizér, Kata (Author), Németh, Nóra (Author) |
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ISBN: 1853598852 ISBN-13: 9781853598852 Publisher: Multilingual Matters Limited OUR PRICE: $33.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2006 Annotation: This volume presents the results of the largest ever language attitude/motivation survey, involving over 13,000 teenage language learners in Hungary on three successive occasions: in 1993, 1999 and 2004. The results are not confined to the European environment but have wider implications concerning attitude change, motivational dynamics and language globalisation. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - Sociolinguistics - Language Arts & Disciplines | Study & Teaching |
| Dewey: 418.007 |
| LCCN: 2006001483 |
| Series: Second Language Acquisitions |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6.1" W x 9" (0.75 lbs) 224 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This volume presents the results of the largest ever language attitude/motivation survey in second language studies. The research team gathered data from over 13,000 Hungarian language learners on three successive occasions: in 1993, 1999 and 2004. The examined period covers a particularly prominent time in Hungary's history, the transition from a closed, Communist society to a western-style democracy that became a member of the European Union in 2004. Thus, the book provides an 'attitudinal/motivational flow-chart' describing how significant sociopolitical changes affect the language disposition of a nation. The investigation focused on the appraisal of five target languages - English, German, French, Italian and Russian - and this multi-language design made it also possible to observe the changing status of the different languages in relation to each other over the examined 12-year period. Thus, the authors were in an ideal position to investigate the ongoing impact of language globalisation in a context where for various political/historical reasons certain transformation processes took place with unusual intensity and speed. The result is a unique blueprint of how and why language globalisation takes place in an actual language learning environment. |
Contributor Bio(s): D?rnyei, Zolt?n: - Zolt?n D?rnyei is Professor of Psycholinguistics at the School of English, University of Nottingham. He has published widely on various aspects of second language acquisition and language learning motivation including Motivation, Language Identity and the L2 Self (2009, edited with Ema Ushioda).Csizer, Kata: - Kata Csizer is a Lecturer in the Department of English Applied Linguistics, Eotvos University, Budapest, Hungary where she teaches various L2 motivation courses. Her main research focuses on the socio-psychological aspects of L2 learning and teaching as well as second and foreign language motivation.Dornyei, Zoltan: - Zoltan Dornyei is Professor of Psycholinguistics at the School of English, University of Nottingham. He has published widely on various aspects of second language acquisition and language learning motivation including Motivation, Language Identity and the L2 Self (2009, edited with Ema Ushioda).Nemeth, Nora: - Kata Csizer and Nora Nemeth are L2 researchers and teacher trainers at the Department of English Applied Linguistics, Eotvos University, Budapest. They have published academic papers for Hungarian and international journals, including Language Teaching Research, Language Learning, The Journal of Language and Social Psychology, The Modern Language Journal and Applied Linguistics. |