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African-American Students' Opinions about Foreign Language Study: An Exploratory Study of Low Enrollments at the College Level
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Moore, Zena – Foreign Language Annals, 2005
Persistent low numbers of African Americans in the foreign language teacher certification program at the University of Texas at Austin motivated the study reported here. Two groups of students responded to a questionnaire that sought information on foreign language experience at elementary and high school, as well as family experiences in foreign…
Descriptors: African American Students, Student Attitudes, Second Language Learning, Language Enrollment