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Adult Minority Language Learning - Colin J. Flynn

Adult Minority Language Learning

Motivation, Identity and Target Variety

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Buch | Hardcover
272 Seiten
2020
Multilingual Matters (Verlag)
978-1-78892-703-1 (ISBN)
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This book explores the role of attitude, motivation and identity in the process of learning a minority language, specifically the attitudes of adult learners of Irish towards acquiring various traditional (Gaeltacht) and non-traditional (second language) varieties of the language.
This book examines the role of affective variables in the process of learning a minority language. It presents a comprehensive account of how adult learners’ attitude, motivation and identity are related to their awareness of, and commitment to, different dialects and varieties as target speech models. These issues are examined in the context of Irish, a minority language which does not have a standard spoken variety and where the vast majority of learners have no regular contact with native speakers. Using a mixed methods research approach, this study explores the relationships that exist between, on the one hand, learners’ attitudes towards the three main traditional dialects of Irish and non-traditional second language varieties, and on the other, their motivation and self-concept as second language learners.

Colin J. Flynn is Assistant Professor in Applied Linguistics at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland.

Introduction                                 



Chapter 1. The Irish Language and Adult Learners of Irish                 



Chapter 2. The Native Speaker and Target Models in Second Language Acquisition



Chapter 3. Attitude, Motivation and Identity in Second Language Learning                               



Chapter 4. Research Methodology                                                         



Chapter 5. Stage I: Irish Language Questionnaire for Adult Learners       



Chapter 6. Stage II: Speaker Evaluation Exercise                    



Chapter 7. Stage III: Semi-structured Interviews                



Chapter 8. Discussion and Conclusions                                   

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Second Language Acquisition
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 234 mm
Gewicht 386 g
Themenwelt Schulbuch / Wörterbuch Wörterbuch / Fremdsprachen
Geisteswissenschaften Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaft
Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Erwachsenenbildung
ISBN-10 1-78892-703-6 / 1788927036
ISBN-13 978-1-78892-703-1 / 9781788927031
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