Success or Failure? Comparing Learners’ Beliefs of Second and Foreign Language Learning
Success or Failure? Comparing Learners’ Beliefs of Second and Foreign Language Learning
Author(s): Enikő BiróSubject(s): Foreign languages learning
Published by: Universitatea »Babes Bolyai« Cluj - Facultatea de St. Economice si Gestiunea Afacerilor
Keywords: interviews; bilinguals; language learning beliefs; empirical study; individual differences.
Summary/Abstract: This paper argues for a qualitative approach to beliefs about language learning, and suggests that analyzing case studies in details may offer significant insight into these beliefs. Belief system of language learners plays a decisive role in their success and failure in language learning. The research presents the results of content analysis of 2 interviews with bilingual participants. The paper approaches through belief patterns the differences between learning two languages, namely Romanian and English.
Journal: Lingua. Language and Culture
- Issue Year: XIII/2014
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 201-211
- Page Count: 10
- Language: English