| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 306 pages) |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Part I: Attitudes and Aptitudes: 1. Images and Stereotypes -- 2. Attractions, Affectations, Aberrations -- 3. Linguistic Training at Home -- Part II: Encounters and Exchanges: 4. Language Acquisition and Learning Abroad -- 5. Aids, Strategies and Facilitators -- 6. Latin and Other Lingua Francas -- Part III: Contrasts and Collisions: 7. Perceptions of Linguistic Diversity -- 8. Instances of Language Contact -- 9. Women Travellers and Gender Issues -- 10. Conclusion -- References: Primary sources -- Secondary sources -- Index |
| Summary |
"As it is widely believed that successful language learning depends on positive motivation, the first question we need to address is the relationship between motivation for language acquisition and attitudes to foreigners. It is therefore appropriate to begin with an overviewof that vast terrain of stereotypical representations of foreign cultures that were in circulation in Europe at the time of the Grand Tour. A preliminary consideration is that travellers' attitudes differ from those of ordinary people who know their own communities but tend to generalise attributes of populations in countries they have never visited"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 20, 2020) |
| Subject |
Second language acquisition -- Psychological aspects
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Language acquisition -- Psychological aspects
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Language and international relations.
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Xenophobia.
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Language acquisition -- Psychological aspects
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Language and international relations
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Second language acquisition -- Psychological aspects
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Xenophobia
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2019037283 |
| ISBN |
9781108766364 |
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1108766366 |
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9781108800822 |
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1108800823 |
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