Do Second Language Learners Always Have To Stay on the Receiving End in a Cross-Cultural Exchange?

Autor/inn/en	Lau, Ivy Cheuk-yin; Yeung, Alexander Seeshing; Jin, Putai
Titel	Do Second Language Learners Always Have To Stay on the Receiving End in a Cross-Cultural Exchange?
Quelle	(1998), (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Bilingualism; College Students; English (Second Language); Foreign Countries; Higher Education; Intercultural Communication; Language Skills; Second Language Learning; Second Languages; Self Concept; Self Evaluation (Individuals); Hong Kong + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bilingualismus; Collegestudent; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Ausland; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Interkulturelle Kommunikation; Language skill; Sprachkompetenz; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Second language; Zweitsprache; Selbstkonzept; Hongkong
Abstract	A study examined factors in the hierarchical formation of self-concept in English as a second language among bilingual college students. Subjects were 306 students in a Hong Kong institution of higher education, who were administered an academic self-description questionnaire. Confirmatory factor analysis of the data found distinct self-concepts linked to each of the four language skills (listening, speaking, reading, writing). It also found that a single global English self-concept can represent those self-concepts, suggesting that self-concept in a subject area is both hierarchical and multidimensional. Self-concepts of the receptive skills (listening, reading) were found to contribute more strongly to formation of the global English self-concept than were the productive language skills (speaking, writing). Implications for instruction and areas for further investigation are discussed. Contains 55 references. (MSE)
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