Student and Instructor beliefs and attidtudes (copy)

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1、StudentandInstructorBeliefsandAttitudesaboutTargetLanguageUse,FirstLanguageUse,andAnxiety:ReportofaQuestionnaireStudyGLENNS.LEVINEDepartmentofGerman400MurrayKriegerHallUniversityofCalifornia,IrvineIrvine,CA92697Email:glevine@uci.eduThisarticlepresentstheresultsofanano

2、nymous,Internet-basedquestionnairestudyontargetlanguage(TL)andfirstlanguage(L1)useinuniversity-levelforeignlanguage(FL)classes.Theparticipantswere600FLstudentsand163FLinstructors.ThegoalsofthestudyweretodeveloppreliminarycomponentsofadescriptivemodelofTLandL1useandexp

3、loretherelationshipsbetweenTLuseandstudentanxietyaboutTLuse.Itwashypothesizedthat(a)amountsofTLusewouldvaryaccordingtoconstellationofinterlocutorsandcommuni-cativecontexts,and(b)theamountofTLuseoverallwouldcorrelatepositivelywithstudentanxietyaboutit.Theresultssupport

4、thefirsthypothesis.Thesecondhypothesiswasnotsupported.AnalysisofthedatarevealedanegativerelationshipbetweenreportedamountsofTLuseandreportedTL-useanxiety.TenetsareofferedformaximizingTLusewhileatthesametimegrantingtoL1pedagogicallysoundfunctions.THEREARELIKELYFEWFOREI

5、GNLAN-clusiveTLuse,thereappeartobetwoopposingGUAGE(FL)instructorswhohavenotdevelopedpositions.Thoughtheyexpresseditonlyinpass-anindividualizedapproachtoclassroomtargeting,KrashenandTerrell(1983)statedthatthelanguage(TL)andfirstlanguage(L1)use.1Thisnaturalapproachis“ba

6、sedontheuseofthelan-approachcanbeinfluencedbypedagogicaltrain-guageincommunicativesituationswithoutre-ing,knowledgeofthesecondlanguageacquisi-coursetotheuseofthenativelanguage”(p.9).tion(SLA)literature,officialpolicy,andclass-Thechoiceoftheword“recourse”isindicativeof

7、roomexperience,yetoftenitappearstobebasedthestigmaassociatedwiththeuseoftheL1intheprimarilyonclassroomexperienceandintuitionscommunicativeFLclassroom(Cook,2001).Thisaboutwhatfeelsright.QuestionsofhowmuchTLviewofclassroomlanguageusealsoappearsevi-theinstructorusesandin

8、whatcontexts,aswellasdenteveninmuchoftheSLAliterature,espe-howmuchTLtheinstructorexpectsstudentstociallystudiesdealingwithin