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ERIC Number: EJ639368
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2001
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ISSN: ISSN-1367-0050
Adult Language Learning: The Effect of Background, Motivation, and Practice on Perserverance.
Newcombe, Lynda Pritchard; Newcombe, Robert G.
International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, v4 n5 p332-54 2001
Evaluated the WLPAN method of intensive language teaching by studying 7 students at Cardiff University's Centre for Teaching Welsh to Adults. Using questionnaires and interviews, factors affecting students' ultimate ability to speak Welsh were examined. Factors included students' motivation, background in Welsh or other foreign languages, and attitudes of fluent Welsh speakers learners encountered outside the classroom. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Adults, Foreign Countries, Intensive Language Courses, Interviews, Questionnaires, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Student Motivation, Teaching Methods, Uncommonly Taught Languages, Welsh
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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