Attitudes and Attained Proficiency in ESL: A Sociolinguistic Study of Native Speakers of Chinese in the United States.

Oller, John W., Jr.; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ164492

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1977

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Attitudes and Attained Proficiency in ESL: A Sociolinguistic Study of Native Speakers of Chinese in the United States

Oller, John W., Jr.; And Others

Language Learning, 27, 1, 1-27, Jun 77

Relations between various measures of attitudes toward self, the native language group, the target language group, reasons for learning ESL, reasons for traveling to the U.S. and attained proficiency in ESL were investigated. Attitudes toward self and the native language group were positively correlated with attained proficiency in ESL. (CHK)

Descriptors: Chinese, English (Second Language), Language Attitudes, Language Proficiency, Second Language Learning, Self Concept, Social Attitudes, Sociolinguistics, Student Attitudes

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