The structure and correlates of attitudes to English among pupils of Asian origin

• Autores: S.R. Ganguly, M. B. Ormerod
• Localización: Journal of multilingual and multicultural development, ISSN 0143-4632, Vol. 1, Nº. 1, 1980, págs. 57-70
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Using a pool of items accumulated from the statements of pupils, their teachers and prominent members of Asian communities in and around London six factor scales with the following characteristics were constructed: (1) anxiety about performance in English at school and among the peer group; (2) the value of the use of English in the total community; (3) the suitability of the use of English in religious observance; (4) the role of the home in encouraging English; (5) a pro‐own language attitude; (6) a linguistic motivation scale concerned with the usefulness of English for professional and social advancement. The correlates of the above scales among a range of linguistic measures relevant to bilingualism, and the differences between the sexes and between speakers of the three major Indian languages in the sample: Urdu, Gujerati and Panjabi, are discussed.