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Santos, Alaitz; Cenoz, Jasone; Gorter, Durk – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2018
The aim of this article is to focus on university students' attitudes towards English and their anxieties concerning the use of English in the Basque Country, a multilingual context where exposure to English is limited but internationalisation is an important aim. Participants were 360 undergraduate university students of business (N = 180) and…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Undergraduate Students, Business Administration Education
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Gorter, Durk; Cenoz, Jasone – International Review of Education, 2011
Over the last three decades, regional minority languages in Europe have regained increased recognition and support. Their revitalisation is partly due to their being taught in schools. Multilingualism has special characteristics for speakers of minority languages and it poses unique challenges for learning minority languages. This article looks at…
Descriptors: Language Minorities, Language Dominance, Multilingualism, Foreign Countries
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Santos, Alaitz; Cenoz, Jasone; Gorter, Durk – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2017
The present study focuses on the link between three factors, proficiency, language certificates and bilingualism, and levels of communicative anxiety in the third language (English) in two groups of adult users, university students and young professionals. The first group consisted of 217 university students who were enrolled at the University of…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Anxiety, Questionnaires, English (Second Language)
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Muguruza, Beñat; Cenoz, Jasone; Gorter, Durk – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2023
English medium education at university level is widely used in different contexts and it poses a challenge for students who are not used to studying through the medium of English. This study was carried out in a university in the Basque Country in Spain and it focuses on a course where students who are mostly Basque-Spanish bilinguals are taught…
Descriptors: Language of Instruction, English (Second Language), Code Switching (Language), Translation