Investigation and Analysis of the Trilingual Attitudes of Tibetan College Students in Tibet Areas

  • Yongcheng Cao School of Tourism and Foreign Languages, Tibet University
  • Quanguo Liu College of Foreign Languages, Shaanxi Normal University
  • Huajie Chen School of Tourism and Foreign Languages, Tibet University
Ariticle ID: 2533
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18282/l-e.v10i4.2533
Keywords: Trilingualism, Language Attitude, Tibetan College Students, Tibet Areas

Abstract

Language attitude is people’s understanding and evaluation of languages, which has important effect on language learning. Based upon investigation into 605 tibetan college students from 5 colleges in Tibet areas, and combined with network data, this paper mainly analyses their attitude towards Tibetan, Chinese and English from four dimensions: recognizing, instrumental, integrative and transferring attitude. This paper also discusses the relationship between students’ language attitude and their gender and grade.

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Published
2021-12-08
Issue
Vol. 10 No. 4 (2021)

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