A Study of the Attitudes, Motives, and Strategies of University Foreign-Language Students and Their Disposition to Authentic Oral and Written Input.

Bacon, Susan M.; Finneman, Michael D.

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Publication Date: 1990

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A Study of the Attitudes, Motives, and Strategies of University Foreign-Language Students and Their Disposition to Authentic Oral and Written Input.

Bacon, Susan M.; Finneman, Michael D.

Modern Language Journal, v74 n4 p459-73 Win 1990

The responses of 938 first year Spanish students at 2 major midwestern universities to a survey regarding their motivation and strategies for learning Spanish identified several affective factors that were associated with students' reactions to the use of authentic instructional materials. (28 references) (CB)

Descriptors: College Students, Higher Education, Instructional Materials, Language Enrichment, Learning Strategies, Second Language Learning, Spanish, Student Attitudes, Student Motivation, Surveys

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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