Can Language Attitudes Be Improved? A Longitudinal Study of Immigrant Students in Catalonia (Spain)

Autor/inn/en	Ianos, Maria-Adelina; Huguet, Ángel; Janés, Judit; Lapresta, Cecilio
Titel	Can Language Attitudes Be Improved? A Longitudinal Study of Immigrant Students in Catalonia (Spain)
Quelle	In: International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 20 (2017) 3, S.331-345 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Ianos, Maria-Adelina)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1367-0050
DOI	10.1080/13670050.2015.1051508
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Language Attitudes; Longitudinal Studies; Immigrants; Attitude Change; Spanish; English; Secondary School Students; Geographic Regions; Attitude Measures; Questionnaires; Likert Scales; Multilingualism; Sociolinguistics; Statistical Analysis; Scores; Spain + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Sprachverhalten; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Attitudinal change; Einstellungsänderung; Spanisch; English language; Englisch; Sekundarschüler; Fragebogen; Likert-Skala; Mehrsprachigkeit; Multilingualismus; Soziolinguistik; Statistische Analyse; Spanien
Abstract	This study explores changes in attitudes towards Catalan, Spanish, and English over a 2-year period, on the part of secondary education students of immigrant origin residing in Catalonia. It aims to provide new data by adopting a longitudinal design and by focusing on the immigrant population, which has raised new challenges for the Catalan society and education system. Data were collected from 72 secondary education students who answered a language attitudes questionnaire twice, at a 2-year interval. The instrument chosen has been successfully used in the area previously [Huguet, Janés, and Chireac. 2008. "Mother Tongue as a Determining Variable in Language Attitudes. The Case of Immigrant Latin American Students in Spain." "Language and Intercultural Communication" 8 (4): 246-260; Madariaga, Huguet, and Lapresta. 2013. "Attitudes, Social Pressure and Inclusive Education in Classrooms with Cultural and Linguistic Diversity." "Educación XXI" 16 (1): 305-328]. The findings showed that attitudes towards Catalan improved, while attitudes towards Spanish and English remained stable, based on which we discuss the strength of language attitudes in this particular context. Furthermore, the socio-demographic and affective variables traditionally investigated as determinants of language attitudes were not found to influence the processes of attitude change. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01