2009. ‘The language learning experiences of students with dyslexia: lessons from an interview study’.
Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching 3/2: 115-130
Summary: Our interview study investigated what experiences Hungarian students with dyslexia have in the language learning group and concerning the general behavior, the instructional methods and assessment techniques of their language teachers.
Country of research: Hungary
Learners' background: Hungary
Institutional level: secondary
Entered by: Lancaster University (Linguistics and English Language)
Summary: Our interview study investigated what experiences Hungarian students with dyslexia have in the language learning group and concerning the general behavior, the instructional methods and assessment techniques of their language teachers.
Country of research: Hungary
Learners' background: Hungary
Institutional level: secondary
Entered by: Lancaster University (Linguistics and English Language)
2008. ‘Age-related differences in the motivation of learning English as a foreign language: Attitudes, selves and motivated learning behavior’.
Language Learning 58: 327-355
Summary: Our study describes the motivation for learning English as a foreign language in three distinct learner populations: secondary school pupils, university students, and adult language learners. The main factors affecting students' second language (L2) motivation were language learning attitudes and the Ideal L2 self.
Country of research: Hungary
Learners' background: Hungary
Entered by: Lancaster University (Linguistics and English Language)
Summary: Our study describes the motivation for learning English as a foreign language in three distinct learner populations: secondary school pupils, university students, and adult language learners. The main factors affecting students' second language (L2) motivation were language learning attitudes and the Ideal L2 self.
Country of research: Hungary
Learners' background: Hungary
Entered by: Lancaster University (Linguistics and English Language)
2008. ‘The relationship of inter-cultural contact and language learning motivation among Hungarian students of English and German’.
Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development 29: 30-48
Summary: In this paper we report the results of a questionnaire survey conducted with 1777 Hungarian primary school children aged between 13 and 14 studying English and German. In our research we investigated the differences in the motivational and intercultural contact measures as well as determinants of motivated behaviour between learners of English and German.
Country of research: Hungary
Learners' background: Hungary
Institutional level: primary
Entered by: Lancaster University (Linguistics and English Language)
Summary: In this paper we report the results of a questionnaire survey conducted with 1777 Hungarian primary school children aged between 13 and 14 studying English and German. In our research we investigated the differences in the motivational and intercultural contact measures as well as determinants of motivated behaviour between learners of English and German.
Country of research: Hungary
Learners' background: Hungary
Institutional level: primary
Entered by: Lancaster University (Linguistics and English Language)
2008. ‘"Great Expectations": The motivational profile of Hungarian English language students’.
Arts and Humanities in Higher Education 7: 65-82
Summary: In this article we investigate what characterizes the language learning motivation of Hungarian English language students. The interview data revealed that the respondents did not invest sufficient energy in maintaining and improving their language competence. This is explained with reference to a low level of learner autonomy primarily caused by teacher-centered instruction.
Country of research: Hungary
Learners' background: Hungary
Institutional level: tertiary
Entered by: Lancaster University (Linguistics and English Language)
Summary: In this article we investigate what characterizes the language learning motivation of Hungarian English language students. The interview data revealed that the respondents did not invest sufficient energy in maintaining and improving their language competence. This is explained with reference to a low level of learner autonomy primarily caused by teacher-centered instruction.
Country of research: Hungary
Learners' background: Hungary
Institutional level: tertiary
Entered by: Lancaster University (Linguistics and English Language)
2007. ‘An interview study of inter-ethnic contact and its role in language learning in a foreign language environment’.
System 35: 241-258
Summary: The research reported in this paper investigates what types of inter-cultural contact Hungarian schoolchildren have, what kind of language-related attitudes they can give account of and how they see the role of contact situations in affecting their attitudinal and motivational dispositions towards the L2, the L2 speaking communities and the process of L2 learning.
Country of research: Hungary
Learners' background: Hungary
Institutional level: primary
Entered by: Lancaster University (Linguistics and English Language)
Summary: The research reported in this paper investigates what types of inter-cultural contact Hungarian schoolchildren have, what kind of language-related attitudes they can give account of and how they see the role of contact situations in affecting their attitudinal and motivational dispositions towards the L2, the L2 speaking communities and the process of L2 learning.
Country of research: Hungary
Learners' background: Hungary
Institutional level: primary
Entered by: Lancaster University (Linguistics and English Language)
2006. Motivation, Language Attitudes and Globalisation: A Hungarian Perspective. Clevedon, England: Multilingual Matters.
ISBN: 978-1-85359-885-2
Country of research: Hungary
Institutional level: secondary
Entered by: University of Nottingham (School of English Studies)
ISBN: 978-1-85359-885-2
Country of research: Hungary
Institutional level: secondary
Entered by: University of Nottingham (School of English Studies)
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