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Peer reviewedRobin, Richard M. – Russian Language Journal, 1984
Reports on the results of two surveys of college-level instruction in Russian, conducted in 1980 and 1983, designed to measure to what degree phonetics is included as an integral part of the program. The majority of the schools in both surveys indicated a casual attitude towards teaching pronunciation and an overall downward trend in the role of…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Language Research, Modern Language Curriculum, Phonetics
Peer reviewedThompson, Irene – Russian Language Journal, 1977
The roles of aptitude, attitude and motivation in language learning are discussed. A questionnaire distributed to college Russian students investigated attitudes toward Russian and reasons for studying the language. Both integrative-intrinsic and instrumental-utilitarian orientations toward Russian correlated positively with success in studying…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aptitude, College Students, Language Attitudes
