“The First Language in My Head”: Student Attitudes to L2 English and L1 Slovene
With the global spread of English, young people are exposed to it while still acquiring their first language. As the impact of English in Slovenia is relatively under-researched, this study investigates how often and in what situations university students in Slovenia use English, and what attitudes...
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2022-12-01
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With the global spread of English, young people are exposed to it while still acquiring their first language. As the impact of English in Slovenia is relatively under-researched, this study investigates how often and in what situations university students in Slovenia use English, and what attitudes they have to it compared to Slovene. The results are based on 365 respondents, all students of the Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, who filled out an online questionnaire. The results show that Slovene still dominates in everyday communication, but that English has become an essential skill which goes beyond the traditional function of a foreign language. In addition, many respondents already feel it to be an additional first language, with a sizable group reporting a preference for English as their intimate language.
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| spelling | doaj.art-e58fb69541c94a3cbd52d9c9986df0322023-01-18T09:32:07ZengUniversity of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani)ELOPE1581-89182386-03162022-12-0119210.4312/elope.19.2.35-61“The First Language in My Head”: Student Attitudes to L2 English and L1 SloveneMonika Kavalir0Ina Poteko1University of LjubljanaUniversity of Ljubljana With the global spread of English, young people are exposed to it while still acquiring their first language. As the impact of English in Slovenia is relatively under-researched, this study investigates how often and in what situations university students in Slovenia use English, and what attitudes they have to it compared to Slovene. The results are based on 365 respondents, all students of the Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, who filled out an online questionnaire. The results show that Slovene still dominates in everyday communication, but that English has become an essential skill which goes beyond the traditional function of a foreign language. In addition, many respondents already feel it to be an additional first language, with a sizable group reporting a preference for English as their intimate language. https://journals.uni-lj.si/elope/article/view/11137Englishforeign languagemother tongueSlovenesociolinguistics |
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| title | “The First Language in My Head”: Student Attitudes to L2 English and L1 Slovene |
| title_full | “The First Language in My Head”: Student Attitudes to L2 English and L1 Slovene |
| title_fullStr | “The First Language in My Head”: Student Attitudes to L2 English and L1 Slovene |
| title_full_unstemmed | “The First Language in My Head”: Student Attitudes to L2 English and L1 Slovene |
| title_short | “The First Language in My Head”: Student Attitudes to L2 English and L1 Slovene |
| title_sort | the first language in my head student attitudes to l2 english and l1 slovene |
| topic | English foreign language mother tongue Slovene sociolinguistics |
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