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Drewelow, Isabelle – Modern Language Journal, 2011
The present study examined how American learners of French perceived the influence of instruction on their existing stereotypes about the French people to determine the effects of these stereotypes on their language learning and cultural openness. During a semester, 22 undergraduate students, all native English speakers enrolled in 4 sections of…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Second Language Learning, Instructional Materials, Reinforcement
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Drewelow, Isabelle; Theobald, Anne – Foreign Language Annals, 2007
The stereotype has it that native French Speakers are annoyed by foreign Speakers' errors in pronunciation. The purpose of this pilot study was to assess beliefs about the importance of accurate pronunciation in French held by three afferent groups: (1) 73 second- and third-semester students of French at a large midwestern research university in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, French, Native Speakers, Student Attitudes