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Amorati, Riccardo – Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 2022
This study examines the extent to which the motivation of university students of Italian in Melbourne (Australia) is influenced by the visibility of a local Italian community. The research relies on data collected by open-ended questions and two Likert items from a survey study (n?=?74) as well as in-depth interviews (n?=?5). The findings show…
Descriptors: Learning Motivation, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Italian
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Rubino, Antonia – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2021
This article presents the findings of an online survey conducted amongst bi- (English, Italian) and trilingual (English, Italian and dialect) Italo-Australian youth, exploring self-assessed language competence, self-reported language choice in various communicative situations, and attitudes towards heritage languages. These young people appear…
Descriptors: Language Proficiency, Language Attitudes, Italian, Dialects