Journal of Undergraduate Research
Keywords
discrimination, second language acquisition, study abroad
College
Humanities
Department
Germanic and Slavic Languages
Abstract
Our research project has been a very exciting development, and although there is more to be done, we have accomplished a lot in the past year. Three different surveys, all of which had 40 questions, were written and distributed while I was on a study abroad in Berlin, Germany. The point of the surveys was to discover what personal language attitudes and biases towards foreigners were held. We investigated three groups of German speakers: native German speakers, non-native German speakers, and BYU students. Initially, we wanted to look at how language gains were affected by bias, but since the language gains research is still in progress, we are simply looking at the discrimination natives harbor for non-natives and non-natives harbor for non-natives.
Recommended Citation
Kramer, Nicholas and Smith, Dr. Laura
(2014)
"Discrimination and Second Language Acquisition during Study Abroad,"
Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2014:
Iss.
1, Article 648.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2014/iss1/648