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context matters, but motivation is also important • students on Erasmus programmes who throw themselves into the experience do best – particularly if they seek contact with native speakers • students’ attitude to the language and the speakers of the language counts also, as well as their own investment in what they think learning the language will mean to them
also true in classroom: 3 groups 1. ‘new Irish’ second level students who were very invested in succeeding in their careers and viewed languages as a means to this end – these were very proficient in the acquisition of sociolinguistic competence 2. ‘traditional’ Irish who viewed French as a pleasurable experience associated with holidays in France – less proficient but still reasonably competent 3. ‘new Irish’ not invested in their academic careers and saw no reason to study French – least proficient
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