Attitudes and anxieties of business and education students towards English: some data from the Basque Country. Issue 1 (2nd January 2018)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- Attitudes and anxieties of business and education students towards English: some data from the Basque Country. Issue 1 (2nd January 2018)
- Main Title:
- Attitudes and anxieties of business and education students towards English: some data from the Basque Country
- Authors:
- Santos, Alaitz
Cenoz, Jasone
Gorter, Durk - Abstract:
- ABSTRACT: The aim of this article is to focus on university students' attitudes towards English and their anxieties concerning the use of English in the Basque Country, a multilingual context where exposure to English is limited but internationalisation is an important aim. Participants were 360 undergraduate university students of business ( N = 180) and education ( N = 180) at the University of the Basque Country. The results of the questionnaires indicate that business students had a more positive attitude(s) towards English than education students. The findings also indicate that female business students have a relatively positive attitude in comparison to male business students but also a higher level of anxiety. The results are discussed as related to the situation of English-medium instruction in Southern European bilingual areas and previous studies on gender, attitudes and anxiety.
- Is Part Of:
- Language, culture and curriculum. Volume 31:Issue 1(2018)
- Journal:
- Language, culture and curriculum
- Issue:
- Volume 31:Issue 1(2018)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 31, Issue 1 (2018)
- Year:
- 2018
- Volume:
- 31
- Issue:
- 1
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2018-0031-0001-0000
- Page Start:
- 94
- Page End:
- 110
- Publication Date:
- 2018-01-02
- Subjects:
- Higher education -- English -- attitudes -- anxiety -- gender
Language and languages -- Periodicals
Language and languages -- Study and teaching -- Periodicals
405 - Journal URLs:
- http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/rlcc20#.VsMc3VLcuic ↗
http://www.multilingual-matters.net/lcc/default.htm ↗
http://www.tandfonline.com/ ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1080/07908318.2017.1350189 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 0790-8318
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