Publications

Publication details [#51453]

East, Martin. 2009. Promoting positive attitudes towards foreign language learning: a New Zealand initiative. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development 30 (6) : 493–507.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

foreign language acquisition | language attitude | monolingualism | multilingualism

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Journal WWW

www.multilingual-matters.com/multi/onlinej.asp

Annotation

This study examines the efficiency of a tailored undergraduate course at a New Zealand tertiary institution in challenging monolingual 'English-only' attitudes and promoting positive attitudes towards foreign language acquisition.