Attitudes towards English as a possible lingua franca in Switzerland.

Autor/in	Durmuller, Urs
Titel	Attitudes towards English as a possible lingua franca in Switzerland.
Quelle	(1989), 16 S.Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	Mikroform; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Kommunikation; Amtssprache; Berufsausbildung; Deutschunterricht; Englischunterricht; Erwachsener; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Kommunikation; Schweiz; Sprachpolitik; Französisch; Italienisch; Amtssprache; Deutschunterricht; Lingua franca; Linguistische Theorie; Sprachanwendung; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Englischunterricht; Französisch; Italienisch; Sprachpolitik; Berufsausbildung; Sprachwissenschaft; Erwachsener; Schweiz
Abstract	A 1985 survey of Swiss military recruits, aged about 20, and a 1987 survey of comparable Swiss women concerning their attitudes toward English as a possible lingua franca for their multilingual country are reported. Samples consisted of responses from German-speaking Switzerland (1,930 males, 324 females), French-speaking Switzerland (1,133 males, 327 females), and Italian-speaking Switzerland (1,256 males, 326 females). Survey questions addressed the following: (1) the quantity of time spent in school studying English and the other foreign languages concerned; (2) preferences for a first/second language; (3) adequacy of the English learned at school; (4) expected second language use in professional career; (5) languages used for communication with another Swiss with a different native language; and (6) feelings about adoption of English as a lingua franca. Results show English is accepted as an additional language and a language for specific purposes. However, it is not yet accepted as a language for international communication despite the fact that its use in job-related and leisure-time domains makes it increasingly difficult to avoid in a multilingual setting.
Erfasst von	Informationszentrum für Fremdsprachenforschung, Marburg
Update	1996_(CD)