Publications

Publication details [#61511]

Vincze, Laszlo and Jessica Gasiorek. 2016. The moderating effect of valenced contact: Slovak language media use, acculturation and L2 confidence among young Hungarian speakers. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development 37 (8) : 805–816.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

acculturation | intercultural communication | L2-acquisition | language attitude | youth

Language as a subject

Hungarian | Slovak

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Journal WWW

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

Annotation

This paper reveals that (guided) Slovak L2 media use is linked to acculturation and L2 credit amid Hungarian-speaking secondary school students in Slovakia, and more strongly impacts those with higher degrees of positively evaluated contact with L2 speakers.