IDENTITY AND LANGUAGES – RESULTS OF A LOCAL RESEARCH
IDENTITY AND LANGUAGES – RESULTS OF A LOCAL RESEARCH

Summary/Abstract: Foundation of a new Faculty of Applied Languages required the creation of a number of new courses based on a detailed knowledge of needs and attitudes of tertiary level students in relation to languages, history, civilization and identity. Slovakia as a member of EU has been developing since accession in 2004 under its strong influence. The young generation has found new opportunities but challenges too. These facts induced an increased interest in studying the influences of intercultural communication within the European environment. The presented research focused on two fundamental areas; a quantitative and qualitative evaluation of language learning among university students, and measuring and comparison of two identities closely related to languages, national and European ones. The findings of the research carried out by means of a questionnaire confirmed that the university students in Bratislava coming from all regions of Slovakia can be characterized as fully fledged multilingual/plurilingual Europeans with significant identification with both national and European identities

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