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ERIC Number: EJ628092
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2001
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0802-6106
Brazilian Attitudes toward English: Dimensions of Status and Solidarity.
El-Dash, Linda Gentry; Busnardo, JoAnne
International Journal of Applied Linguistics, v11 n1 p57-74 2001
Implications of the prestige and vitality of English as a foreign language in Brazil were investigated using both direct and indirect measures of attitudes and beliefs. Aspects of solidarity and status identified by factor analysis were investigated in a Brazilian adolescent population, and four statistically distinctive profiles were found. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Factor Analysis, Foreign Countries, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9, Language Attitudes, Portuguese, Questionnaires, Student Attitudes, Uncommonly Taught Languages
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Brazil