Читать книгу The Concise Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics - Carol A. Chapelle - Страница 189

Languages play a paramount role in any society in general and in education in particular. A student enrolled in a bilingual school in which different languages are in contact soon realizes that society, family, peers, and school all place importance on these languages. The student's own assessment and others' influence, together with the context, the information, and the knowledge they acquire will shape their attitudes toward these languages and their motivation for learning them.

Research into attitudes and motivation flourished in the 1950s and, since then, all the major theories and models of second language acquisition have underscored their importance. It has become clear that attitudes affect motivation, and the interrelationship between these two concepts has been widely acknowledged in literature on the subject.