Psychological Science and Education
2007. Vol. 12, no. 1, 103–107
ISSN: 1814-2052 / 2311-7273 (online)
Teachers' and Parents' Notions About Early School-Age Children Thoroughly Learning Foreign Language
Abstract
The article deals with the issue of creation of language environment motivating children to study foreign languages.
It provides the analyses of questionnaires with parents' and teachers' responces on the purposes why children start
learning foreign languages. The conclusion is that the parents are much more motivated than the children themselves
and their interest is pragmatic by nature (considering education in English-language countries and finding a good
job). It is necessary to promote other aspects of motivation such as linguistic and cognitive interests.
General Information
Journal rubric: Psychological Diagnostics
For citation: Dorohova S.V. Teachers' and Parents' Notions About Early School-Age Children Thoroughly Learning Foreign Language. Psikhologicheskaya nauka i obrazovanie = Psychological Science and Education, 2007. Vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 103–107. (In Russ., аbstr. in Engl.)