Detail Foreign language learning, prejudice and Stereotyping Bibliografi Author: Eksi, Gonca Topik: Stereotyping; prejudice; foreign language learning Bahasa: (EN )     Tahun Terbit: 2009     Jenis: Article Fulltext: Gonca Eksi.pdf (382.52KB; 12 download) Abstract With the increasing mobility throughout the world and the advances in communication technologies, people are much more in contact with one another than ever before. When people from different national or ethnic groups come into contact with one another, the resulting interaction patterns can take many different forms. Judgments such as prejudice and stereotyping may often be negative because it is a common tendency to evaluate the other person with one’s own values that their own culture imprinted on them. Although there is some truth in stereotypes, they are often negative and resistant to change. Moreover, stereotyping and prejudice ignore the variability within a group of people and thus unfair in the judgment of the individual. They may also distort the communication between people. The Contact Hypothesis, suggested by Allport in 1954, states that contact between people will increase positive relations between them. Indirect contact, that is, learning about the beliefs, values and norms of others, can also cause positive attitudes among people. As efficient language learning provides the learner with cultural awareness, successful language learners might develop more favourable outlook on other nationalities. In this study, Katz and Braly’s (1933) adjective checklist and Bogardus’ (1928) Social Distance Scale are administered to 60 participants in order to see if speaking a foreign language makes a difference in terms of prejudice and stereotyping. The results show that there is a statistically significant difference between people who can speak a foreign language and those who cannot in terms of the trait adjectives they attributed to other nationalities and social distance preference with them. Opini Anda Klik untuk menuliskan opini Anda tentang koleksi ini! Lihat Sejarah Pengadaan  Konversi Metadata   Kembali

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