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Devitt, Ann; Condon, Joe; Dalton, Gene; O'Connell, Jane; Ní Dhuinn, Melanie – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2018
This paper presents an analysis of primary schoolchildren's attitudes to the Irish language, Gaeilge, in the context of national policy in the Republic of Ireland. In particular, the study examines the factors (social, cultural, cognitive and organisational) that may be related to a pronounced excess in disengagement with Irish over and above…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Self Efficacy, Economic Factors, Foreign Countries
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Zhou, Minglang – Language Problems and Language Planning, 1999
Uses an attitude/motivation battery and matched-guise procedure to examine Kazak, Uygur, and Yi subject's ratings of Putonghua (PTH) and Chinese ethnic minority nationality (EMN) languages and 12 variables in PTH learning. Shows among other things that integrative orientation of Beijing people are the best predictors of EMN's instrumental…
Descriptors: College Students, Ethnic Groups, Foreign Countries, Higher Education