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• W2497788092 abstract "This paper reports on an investigation of Chinese university EFL learners' attitudes towards English and Chinese in relation to their motivation to learn the and awareness of their ethnic identity. 302 university students answered a 22-item Language Attitudes Questionnaire and 112 of them answered four open-ended questions. Analyses of the data reveal that the participants held positive attitudes towards English, were motivated to learn the language, and valued their association with English-speaking culture and people, meanwhile considering their native superior to English. Thus the paper concludes that the students had a sound sense of Chinese identity with an appreciation of the value of the English language. Keywords: attitudes; EFL; motivation; ethnic identity Introduction With globalization, communication and interaction between people from various cultures and ethnics increase rapidly. Since plays a major role in the development of social identity in general (Eastman, 1985) and ethnic identity in particular (Giles, Bourhis, & Taylor, 1977; Giles & Johnson, 1981, 1987), research on attitudes towards a second/foreign (SL/FL) and the mother tongue has caught increasing attention (Ibarraran, Lasagabaster, & Sierra, 2008; Lin & Detaramani, 1998; Patri & Pennington, 1998; Pennington & Yue, 1994; Pierson, Fu, & Lee, 1980). As Gudykunst and Schmidt (1987, p. 157) said, language and ethnic identity are related reciprocally, i.e. usage influences the formation of ethnic identity, but ethnic identity also influences attitudes and usage. With the rapid economic development in China, Chinese people's interactions with English-speaking people from various countries have dramatically increased. Adolescents and young adults in contemporary China have a strong desire to learn English because they believe that being able to use English will help them find lucrative employment in the future or because English is necessary for tertiary education (Liu, 2006, 2007a; Yang, Liu, & Wu, 2010). Knowing about their attitudes towards English and their mother tongue at present is important in understanding their ideas about their ethnic identity and adopting appropriate policies in education in the future. For this purpose, the present paper aims to describe the attitudes towards English and Chinese held by Chinese university students. Literature review Attitudes and motivation often interact with each other and play a paramount role in learning (Dornyei, 1990, 2001; Gardner, 1985; Gardner & MacIntyre, 1993; Krashen, 1982; Liu, 2009; Tremblay & Gardner, 1995). Just as Richards (1998, p. 308) claimed, Students' attitudes towards their course and their teacher can greatly affect their desire to learn and their classroom participation; their attitudes towards the itself can shape their reasons for learning and the strategies they use; .... Numerous studies (Dornyei, 2001; Gardner, 1985; Gardner & MacIntyre, 1993; Liu, 2009; Tremblay & Gardner, 1995) have confirmed that positive attitudes towards a often lead to higher motivation to learn and higher proficiency in the language. As this research area has grown, more and more researchers turn their attention to the relationship of learners' attitudes towards a SL/FL and their mother tongue, the role of the and their own ethnic identity (Giles et al., 1977; Giles & Johnson, 1987; Ibarraran et al., 2008; Kwok & Chan, 1972: Patri & Pennington, 1998; Pennington & Yue, 1994). Kwok and Chan (1972) found that many Hong Kong university students felt a knowledge of English to be essential to the securing of a lucrative position while disdaining the use of English except under compulsion. To investigate the relationship between attitudes and English attainment, Pierson et al. …" @default.
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• W2497788092 title "Current Language Attitudes of Mainland Chinese University Students" @default.
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