TUTUM ve MOTİVASYONUN ANA DİL BOZUMU ÜZERİNDEKİ ROLÜ
THE ROLE OF ATTITUDE AND MOTIVATION IN THE FIRST LANGUAGE ATTRITION

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this study is to explore the relationship between attitude and first language attrition, defined as the non-pathological decrease in a language that had previously been acquired by an individual. The studies on L2 acquisition have shown the strong impact of attitudes, motivations and other affective factors on linguistic learning. This dissertation, therefore, hypothesizes that attitude has a decisive influence on language attrition and maintenance. Both quantitative and qualitative data have been employed during the process of data-gathering. We used Personal Language Attitude Questionnaire for Bilinguals (PLAQ-B) developed by our research team to assess the attitudes of 134 adolescents’ attitude towards their first language. Finally, Think Aloud Protocol was applied to 14 participants to learn more about the reasons of attrition and to validate all the information obtained from the questionnaire and the tasks. The results have shown that there is a significant correlation between attitude , motivation and such variables as language maintenance, language choice.

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