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"Where Have All the Flowers Gone?" Motivating Continuation of Languages in Secondary School
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Absalom, Matthew – Babel, 2011
In a period of renewed efforts to encourage language study in Australia, with a particular view to increasing the number of students completing secondary school and studying a language, consideration of the reasons behind retention and attrition of students becomes paramount. In this preliminary study, which surveyed nearly 200 students entering…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries, Gender Discrimination
Why Boys into Languages Won't Go: The Problematic Gender Agenda in Languages Education.
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Carr, Jo – Babel, 2002
Examines why boys do not study languages in Australia. Focuses on what boys themselves are thinking and what their perceptions of their relationship with languages are. Looks at boys specific attitudes toward language learning, what they perceive to be the relevance of language learning, and what their perceptions are of the profile of language in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Enrollment, Males, Relevance (Education)