Young learners and multilingualism: A study of learner attitudes before and after the introduction of a second foreign language to the curriculum

System

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 607-623

  Henry, Alastair ^a   Apelgren, Britt Marie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY WEST   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Foreign language learning; Motivation; Pre instruction; The ideal L2 self; Younger learners

Indexed keywords

EID: 56049102805     PISSN: 0346251X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.system.2008.03.004     Document Type: Article

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