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Bouchra Kachoub
Multilingualism
Second language learning
Foreign language learning
Social psychology of the learner: Language
attitudes
Influence of second language on foreign
language
Research on language/student attitudes have solely
looked at the attitudes of students towards their
foreign languages, mainly in elementary schools
The current study tries to correlate between the
attitudes of the second and the foreign language
and find out the influence of the second language
on the attitudes towards the foreign language,
within university students.
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What kind of attitudes will students have in their L3
if they had a negative learning experience in L2?
What kind of attitudes will students have in their L3
if they had a positive learning experience in their
L2?
In other words, are L2 attitudes transferable to L3?
Approx. 200 university student:Hassan II University, Mohammadia, Morocco
Majoring in English Studies
1st year, 2nd year and 3rd year
Language Proficiency: Higher-intermediate &
Advanced
Questionnaire based on a modified version of:Gardner’s Attitude and Motivation Test BatteryDornyei’s L2 self-concept dimensions
Questionnaire divided into categories & subcategories:
Attitudes towards FrenchAttitudes towards EnglishClose-ended and open-ended questionsDemographics
Classical Likert scale
Visit to the classroom:Selection of pilot test participants
Pilot test
Questionnaire administration
Quantitative and qualitative
Item responses assigned a number from 1 to
5 (yes or no questions and multiple choice)
Correlation test
Mean score
T-test
Homogeneity of the sample
No representation of:Students of other majors
High school students
Students with negative attitudes in their
French learning experience, will still be very
successful in learning English
Students with positive attitudes towards
French will not have positive attitudes
towards learning English