Some Dynamics of Language Attitudes and Motivation: Results of a Longitudinal Nationwide Survey.

Dornyei, Zoltan; Csizer, Kata

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Publication Date: 2002

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Some Dynamics of Language Attitudes and Motivation: Results of a Longitudinal Nationwide Survey.

Dornyei, Zoltan; Csizer, Kata

Applied Linguistics, v23 n4 p421-62 Dec 2002

Examines how the significant sociocultural changes that took place in Hungary in the 1990s affected school children's language-related attitudes and language learning motivation concerning five target languages: English, German, French, Italian, and Russian. Analyses are based on survey data collected from 13- and 14-year-old pupils in 1993 and 1999. Also examined the changes that characterized the learners' motivation between the two phases of the survey. (Author/VWL)

Descriptors: English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, French, German, Italian, Language Attitudes, Learning Motivation, Longitudinal Studies, Russian, Secondary Education, Secondary School Students, Sociocultural Patterns, Student Motivation

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Hungary

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