Malaysian university students' mental images of Portuguese-speaking countries and their motivations to learn Portuguese.

Autor/inn/en	Nikitina, Larisa; Tan, Raan Hann; Mohamad, Jamian
Titel	Malaysian university students' mental images of Portuguese-speaking countries and their motivations to learn Portuguese.
Quelle	In: Moderna språk, 116 (2022) 2, S. 140-166 PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2000-3560
DOI	10.58221/mosp.v116i2.12232
Schlagwörter	Motivation; Sprachenlernen; Portugiesisch; Landeskunde; Bildersprache; Malaysia
Abstract	This study investigated the mental images of Portuguese-speaking countries held by 91 students learning Portuguese in two large public universities in Malaysia. It also explored the factors that motivated them to learn Portuguese. This is the first such study to present findings on the mental images associated with Portuguese-speaking countries apart from Portugal and Brazil. The data analysis revealed that the students held a wide array of images of Portugal. The country was strongly associated in their minds with football, food, and the shared history of Malaysia and Portugal. The images of Portuguese-speaking countries, with the exception of Brazil, were less diverse and were at times erroneous. The students' main motivation for learning Portuguese was to broaden knowledge about Portuguese-speaking countries. The students were also interested in learning more foreign languages. The findings suggest that the images of the target language countries had some influence on the language learners' choice to learn Portuguese. The pedagogical implications of these findings are also discussed.
Erfasst von	DIPF \| Leibniz-Institut für Bildungsforschung und Bildungsinformation, Frankfurt am Main (extern)
Update	2024/1