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Current Perceptions and Beliefs Among Incoming College Students Towards Foreign Language Study and Language Requirements
Author(s) -
Price Joseph,
Gascoigne Carolyn
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
foreign language annals
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.258
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1944-9720
pISSN - 0015-718X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1944-9720.2006.tb02895.x
Subject(s) - foreign language , perception , context (archaeology) , language assessment , psychology , mathematics education , language acquisition , process (computing) , language education , first language , pedagogy , computer science , linguistics , paleontology , philosophy , neuroscience , biology , operating system
Opinions of foreign language study, as well as attitudes toward specific cultures and languages, influence student motivation and success. The purpose of the present study is to catalogue and report the perceptions and attitudes of recent incoming college students (freshman and transfer students) concerning foreign or second language (L2) study and foreign language requirements in a post‐9/11 context. The results offer insights into students' evolving beliefs and concerns, which can be used to inform and subsequently improve the teaching‐learning process through the development of timely, meaningful, and responsive language learning environments.