The role of attitudes in the development of Russian as a foreign language: A retrospective study
Journal Title: Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching - Year 2017, Vol 7, Issue 1
Abstract
The article reports the findings of a retrospective study which looked at Hungarian learners’ attitudes towards Russian people, the Russian language and teachers of Russian. Mixed-methods sequential explanatory design (Ivankova, Creswell, & Stick, 2006) was applied which combines the collection and analysis of quantitative and qualitative data in two consecutive phases. First person accounts turned out to be a useful and relevant resource for exploring individual differences in proficiency in Russian. Differences in attitudes appear to play a role in the developmental process, but to what extent this refers to attrition or non-acquisition is unclear.
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Szilvia Bátyi
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- EP ID EP256595
- DOI 10.14746/ssllt.2017.7.1.8
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