Motivation and heritage learner status : modern Hebrew in the U.S.
| dc.contributor.advisor | Pulido, Diana C. | en |
| dc.contributor.committeeMember | Raizen, Esther L. | en |
| dc.creator | Parry, Justin Tyrel | en |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2012-08-14T16:28:40Z | en |
| dc.date.available | 2012-08-14T16:28:40Z | en |
| dc.date.issued | 2012-05 | en |
| dc.date.submitted | May 2012 | en |
| dc.date.updated | 2012-08-14T16:28:49Z | en |
| dc.description | text | en |
| dc.description.abstract | Most researchers in second language acquisition (SLA) concur that understanding motivation is vital to promoting success and both short and long-term interest among L2 learners (Gass & Selinker, 2001). Hebrew has become an endangered language in the U.S. (Spolsky, 2009), as partly attested by a decrease in Hebrew language enrollments at U.S. universities (Furman, Goldberg, & Lusin, 2009). With this decline, an analysis is needed to investigate the diverse motivations of U.S. university students who enroll in Modern Hebrew (Feuer, 2009; Kaufman, 2010). This report examines research on this topic from both Hebrew-specific studies and general SLA research, through a discussion of motivation, heritage language learners, and Hebrew learners. Relevant issues and implications are considered in light of five areas of discussion that are common to the Hebrew teaching field. | en |
| dc.description.department | Foreign Language Education | en |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | en |
| dc.identifier.slug | 2152/ETD-UT-2012-05-5119 | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2152/ETD-UT-2012-05-5119 | en |
| dc.language.iso | eng | en |
| dc.subject | Modern Hebrew | en |
| dc.subject | Motivation | en |
| dc.subject | Learner differences | en |
| dc.subject | Higher education | en |
| dc.subject | Heritage languages | en |
| dc.subject | Less commonly taught languages | en |
| dc.subject | Second language acquisition | en |
| dc.subject | Foreign language education | en |
| dc.title | Motivation and heritage learner status : modern Hebrew in the U.S. | en |
| dc.title.alternative | Modern Hebrew in the U.S. | en |
| dc.type.genre | thesis | en |
| thesis.degree.department | Foreign Language Education | en |
| thesis.degree.discipline | Foreign Language Education | en |
| thesis.degree.grantor | University of Texas at Austin | en |
| thesis.degree.level | Masters | en |
| thesis.degree.name | Master of Arts | en |