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Xiaoping Gao; Stuart Woodcock; Jinjin Lu – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
This study investigated English first language (L1) speakers' motivation for learning Chinese as a second language (L2) in Australia and the links of underlying motivational components to learner sociobiographical (e.g. gender and reasons for learning) and language learning variables (i.e. experience abroad, hours of self-study, and speaking with…
Descriptors: Learning Motivation, College Students, Chinese, English
Willoughby, Louisa – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2014
The heterogeneous backgrounds, languages and proficiencies students bring to the classroom have always been a key challenge facing schools that wish to implement heritage language programmes. In this article I describe the evolution of one high school's approach to heritage language education and some of the roadblocks they encountered in…
Descriptors: Heritage Education, Second Language Instruction, Native Language Instruction, Language of Instruction