Abstract

SALAZAR CARO, Aura Rosa. Linguistic Attitudes of Language Students from a Colombian Public University. Folios [online]. 2022, n.55, pp.153-168.  Epub July 22, 2022. ISSN 0123-4870.  https://doi.org/10.17227/folios.55-12217.

This research article analyzes the linguistic attitudes of the students of the degree in Spanish and English language from the Universidad Popular del Cesar. This study has a mixed focus, designed from a 30-question questionnaire applied to students that were registered in the subject of sociolinguistics and ethnolinguistics during the second semester of 2018. The data collected reveals that the students prefer English in areas such as job and vocational training and Spanish in everyday scenarios and interpersonal relationships. They agree that the importance of English lies in that it is a language that generates job and academic opportunities. The main conclusion of this study is that students have an instrumental motivation that sustains English learning in the economic and job benefits that it reports.

Keywords : linguistic attitudes; Spanish; English; learning; students.

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