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Getting Inside Their Heads

IATEFL, Manchester

Mon 13th April 2015

Jessica Mackay

EIM, University of Barcelona

[email protected]

MA Research, 2009

- EIM students

- CEFR B1+

- n = 826

- Mean age 25.7

ATTITUDES ..to the Target

Language

itself.

..to the Target

Language

Community.

..to the language

learning

process

aesthetics

difficulty

experiences

stereotypes

(lack of) success

teacher

peers

materials

classroom

1. TARGET LANGUAGE

Intrinsic interest

Perception of difficulty

Personal needs and priorities

Q: If you could choose, which 3

language(s) would you most like to

study?

1. ……………….

2. ……………….

3. ……………….

4. ……………….

5. ……………….

Italian

French

English

Japanese

German

Q: Do you think English is an easy

language to learn?

YES ……………

NO …………….

45.8%

54.2%

GRAMMAR SPEAKING

ACCURATELY

SPEAKING

FLUENTLY READING

WRITING PRONUNCIATION

LISTENING VOCABULARY

2. THE TARGET LANGUAGE

COMMUNITY / CULTURE

Integrative motivation v Ideal L2 Self

(Dörnyei 2005)

Stereotypes

Individual experience / preferences

AUSTRALIA

CANADA

ENGLAND

IRELAND

SCOTLAND

THE UNITED STATES

9

Q: If you could go to live and / or study in one of

these countries, which one would you choose?

Can you explain your first and last choice?

True or False?

1. Catalan students believe that the US accent is the

least ‘correct’.

2. Australia is thought to have the most

‘Mediterranean’ culture.

3. Catalan students think people in Canada are

friendly.

4. They think the worst thing about England is the

food.

5. The most common reason for placing Scotland

last was the accent.

FALSE Australia

TRUE

TRUE

FALSE Weather

FALSE Weather

3. LANGUAGE LEARNING

EXPERIENCE

Learner histories

Beliefs & expectations

Context

ENGLISH AND ME: ANALYSIS EIM Students, CEFR B2 (1) N= 363

Mean age 22.7

..... % of students found English classes at school repetitive.

….. % have done one or more study periods abroad before starting university

….. % have English-speaking friends.

….. % feel they have to study English.

….. % would like to live and work / study abroad in the future. But NOT permanently.

93

29

11

82

89

1. British English is more correct than American English.

2. The earlier you start to learn a foreign language, the easier it is.

3. It doesn’t help me to speak to other students in English, I’m just learning their mistakes.

4. You should never translate into your own language.

5. The only way to learn a language really well is to live in the country where it is spoken.

In groups, decide if you agree or disagree with the

following statements. If you disagree, then modify

the statement so that it represents the group’s

opinion.

Learning another language is…

A holiday?

A struggle?

A journey?

A race?


A holiday

3%

It’s a way to escape from

my daily routine.

EIM Students,

CEFR C1 N= 106

Mean age 24.5


A struggle

8%

…because I don’t like

English but it is

necessary to learn it.


A race

25%

Sometimes I feel very tired,

but I rest and then I

continue.


50%

A journey

It never ends, but you see

interesting places on the

route.


14% A plane taking off. It’s

scary at first then you

start to relax and enjoy it

A open door … because

you can enter places

you didn’t know before.

A passport

A window

interesting (53%)

difficult / hard (47%)

fun (22%)

gratifying (19%)

necessary (17%)

challenging (8%)

useful (8%)


THANK YOU!

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