Can language attitudes be improved? A longitudinal study of immigrant students in Catalonia (Spain)

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dc.contributor.authorIanos, Maria Adelina
dc.contributor.authorHuguet, Àngel
dc.contributor.authorJanés i Carulla, Judit
dc.contributor.authorLapresta Rey, Cecilio
dc.date.accessioned2017-09-14T10:51:37Z
dc.date.available2017-09-14T10:51:37Z
dc.date.issued2015-08-14
dc.date.updated2017-09-14T10:51:39Z
dc.description.abstractThis study explores changes in attitudes towards Catalan, Spanish, and English over a two-year period, on the part of secondary education students of immigrant origin residing in Catalonia. It aims to provide new data by adopting a longitudinal design and by focusing on the immigrant population, which has raised new challenges for the Catalan society and education system. Data was collected from 72 secondary education students who answered a language attitudes questionnaire twice, at a twoyear interval. The instrument chosen has been successfully used in the area previously (Huguet, Janés, and Chireac 2008; Madariaga, Huguet, and Lapresta 2013). Findings showed that attitudes towards Catalan improved, while attitudes towards Spanish and English remained stable, based on which we discuss the strength of language attitudes in this particular context. Furthermore, the socio-demographic and affective variables traditionally investigated as determinants of language attitudes were not found to influence the processes of attitude change
dc.description.sponsorshipThis work was supported by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness [grant number EDU2014-54093-R] and the Agency for Management of University and Research Grants – AGAUR of the Government of Catalonia [grant number 2014 SGR 208].
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dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1080/13670050.2015.1051508
dc.identifier.idgrec023599
dc.identifier.issn1367-0050
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/60224
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherTaylor & Francis
dc.relationinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/MINECO//EDU2014-54093-R/ES/LAS ACTITUDES LINGUISTICAS DE LOS ESCOLARES PROVENIENTES DE LA INMIGRACION. UN INSTRUMENTO DE INTEGRACION SOCIOEDUCATIVA/
dc.relation.isformatofVersió preprint del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1080/13670050.2015.1051508
dc.relation.ispartofInternational Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2017, vol. 20, num. 3, p. 331-345
dc.rights(c) Taylor & Francis, 2017
dc.rights.accessRightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subjectLanguage attitudes
dc.subjectAttitude change
dc.subjectImmigration
dc.subjectMultilingualism
dc.subjectCatalonia (Spain)
dc.titleCan language attitudes be improved? A longitudinal study of immigrant students in Catalonia (Spain)
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.type.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/submittedVersion
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