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This mixed-method (questionnaires and interviews) study investigated the attitudes of teachers of English across different level of institutes in Hong Kong towards HKE; the study includes both local English Teachers (LETs) and Native... more
This paper investigates the role of English in Japan, outlining its current status and use. The paper begins with a critical review of the World Englishes model as it relates to the categorization of Japan within the expanding circle of... more
This paper investigates young learners " attitudes towards learning English as a foreign language (EFL) under different learning conditions. It reports on the findings of a quantitative study conducted between two comparable groups of... more
The present study explores how translanguaging serves as vehicle to (help) re-con gure linguistic attitudinal and ideological structures in a university Spanish course for heritage speakers. Speci cally, it focuses on the links between... more
Language attitude study has proven to reveal students' success and failure in learning language. Attitude is not innate, but learned. Students learn to grow and improve their positive language attitudes towards foreign languages through... more
Few grammars acknowledge the full variation in direct object pronouns in Brazilian Portuguese (BP), which allows for both normative clitic and non-standard tonic variants. Bagno (2009) notes that clitics are not learned naturally, but... more
The present dissertation investigates the Sardinian language policy, focusing on the language beliefs and attitudes of a specific educational institution’s teaching staff. Language policy is considered to be composed of language... more
Language attitudes and language behaviour are important factors for language maintenance in a situation of two languages in one space, especially when one of those languages is the dominating language of the environment and the other is a... more
The purpose of this article is to show the changing dynamics of attitudes toward indigenous languages in the USSR and the Russian Federation. Since language attitudes have rarely become a special object of investigation in Russian... more
The study elucidates young Cypriot speakers' attitudes towards the Cypriot dialect by asking them to describe then recognize specific characteristics from all linguistic levels . As it turns out they fail to identify local characteristics... more
Authenticity in global reggae and dancehall music: Jamaican attitudes toward the linguistic appropriation of Jamaican Creole The global spread of Jamaican Creole (JC) has been accelerated by the growing international popularity of reggae... more
Media are powerful tools in influencing public opinions and attitudes, and issues surrounding language(s) are no exception (e.g. Kelly-Holmes 2012). Without questioning this impact, this study attempts to examine more closely the link... more
PhD thesis investigating implicit and explicit attitudes towards non-native (Asian) speakers of English in China, Japan and South Korea using a cross-cultural research instrument for direct comparison. The study also investigates factors... more
This paper focuses on the variety of Italian spoken in Bozen (South Tyrol, Italy) by Italian L1 speakers. Due to the peculiar multilingual situation of South Tyrol, Italian speakers are concentrated in the big towns of this area (e.g.... more
Avec un nombre croissant de nouveaux arrivants chaque année, le Québec est devenu la société d'accueil de milliers d'immigrants de diverses origines culturelles dont plusieurs ne maîtrisent pas le français (Amireault, 2011). Il est... more
Parents' assessment of children's development in the first and the second language is an essential part of their family language policy (FLP) and an important component of parent–child communication. This paper presents a pilot study... more
The topic of this study is the language situation of third-generation Turkish immigrants in Germany with a focus on heritage language maintenance, language shift, language choice, and attitude. Third generation Turkish immigrants will... more
Spanish is the first or heritage language of many Latinx in the U.S., whether speakers are fluent in it or not. Even though Spanish is the most frequently spoken language after English (U.S. Census), it continues to be publicly repressed... more
This paper presents the results of a survey on the attitudes of young British people (age range 18-25) towards the learning of the UK’s regional languages. A combined quantitative and qualitative questionnaire was administered to 71... more
2010 marked ten years of the New Zealand government monitoring the attitudes of New Zealanders, both Māori and non-Māori, towards the Māori language. Academic researchers have been undertaking similar research for a much longer period.... more
The optimal language for literature and educational materials is not the same for all Zay areas. The data gathered during the current study points to Zay as optimal for the islands on Lake Ziway and Oromo as optimal for the lakeshores.... more
Multilingualism is the absolute norm in the everyday-experienced life of participants in German language courses in the field of adult education (Council of Europe 2001). Yet, this does not seem to have direct effects on the didactic... more
RESUMEN Esta investigación analiza las actitudes lingüísticas de Ñani Migrante, una comunidad transnacional de San Jerónimo Xayacatlán-Staten Island, frente a la lengua mixteca, mediante la observación de las dinámicas lingüísticas, así... more
This article applies the Dynamic Model (Schneider 2007) and the Extra-and Intra-territorial Forces (EIF) Model (Buschfeld & Kautzsch 2017; Buschfeld et al. 2018) to Standard English in Trinidad based on the findings of a large-scale... more
This paper investigates the relationship between language and ethnic identity of Pontic Greeks who currently reside in Cyprus. More specifically, I examine how ethnic identity is perceived and reflected in language preference by Pontic... more
本文由「語言純淨心理」(language purism)出發看漢語標準語在過去八十年間的演變,分析民眾對國語的認知及其與官定標準的落差,以及造成此種落差的原因。首先介紹... more
Here is the first chapter of my most recent book (thanks to Benjamins for permission to post and it share it here). TOC and abstract of the entire book can be accessed here:... more
Uno de los factores más importantes que determinan la vitalidad de una lengua es la actitud de sus hablantes y el ambiente general en el que se desarrolla el proceso de la interacción lingüística. El trabajo presenta los resultados de un... more
Japanese learners of English often feel unwilling to communicate in English because they feel ashamed of their accent’s failure to match that of Inner Circle (Kachru, 1985) native speakers, and have also lacked opportunities to use... more
(Présentation à Bunia, RDC lors d'une conférence pour marquer la Journée Internationale de la Langue Maternelle, 21 février 2022) Un résumé des résultats préliminaires d'un projet de recherche, mené oct-nov 2021, pour récolter les données... more
Kriol, an English-lexifier contact language, has approximately 20,000 speakers across northern Australia. It is the primary language of the remote Aboriginal community of Ngukurr. Kriol is a contact language, incorporating features of... more
This research investigates the English lecturers' attitude toward the variation of English in the process of English learning. The purpose of this study is to discuss the types of English variations uttered by English lecturers who are... more