Trending Languages
Interest in traditional school languages such as English, French, Italian, and Spanish has changed considerably in the tertiary education sector over the last few years. While the number of courses in “small-” and “medium-sized” languages is increasing and a tentative trend is emerging, particularly...
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| description | Interest in traditional school languages such as English, French, Italian, and Spanish has changed considerably in the tertiary education sector over the last few years. While the number of courses in “small-” and “medium-sized” languages is increasing and a tentative trend is emerging, particularly in Asian languages such as Chinese, Japanese, or Korean, the traditional languages often advocated by the European Union are losing importance. Based on the example of the University of Graz’s Centre for Language, Plurilingualism and Didactics, the development of the “main languages” of English, French, Italian, and Spanish is shown for the period from the 2007/2008 academic year to the 2022/2023 academic year. An in-depth analysis of the course offerings and demand enables conclusions to be drawn about students’ behaviour in terms of foreign language learning and leads to considerations concerning what the primary motives are for learning or not learning a foreign language. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1660512025-10-16T12:32:46Z Trending Languages Unger-Ullmann, Daniela trending languages language courses course offerings and demand foreign language learning adult education thema EDItEUR::C Language and Linguistics Interest in traditional school languages such as English, French, Italian, and Spanish has changed considerably in the tertiary education sector over the last few years. While the number of courses in “small-” and “medium-sized” languages is increasing and a tentative trend is emerging, particularly in Asian languages such as Chinese, Japanese, or Korean, the traditional languages often advocated by the European Union are losing importance. Based on the example of the University of Graz’s Centre for Language, Plurilingualism and Didactics, the development of the “main languages” of English, French, Italian, and Spanish is shown for the period from the 2007/2008 academic year to the 2022/2023 academic year. An in-depth analysis of the course offerings and demand enables conclusions to be drawn about students’ behaviour in terms of foreign language learning and leads to considerations concerning what the primary motives are for learning or not learning a foreign language. Das Interesse an klassischen Schulsprachen, wie Englisch, Französisch, Italienisch und Spanisch, hat sich im tertiären Bildungssektor in den letzten Jahren erheblich verändert. Während bei „kleinen“ und „mittleren“ Sprachen die Anzahl an Kursen steigt und sich insbesondere bei asiatischen Sprachen, wie z. B. Chinesisch, Japanisch oder Koreanisch, ein vorsichtiger Trend abzeichnet, verlieren die von der Europäischen Union vielfach propagierten klassischen Sprachen an Bedeutung. Am Beispiel des Zentrums für Sprache, Plurilingualismus und Fachdidaktik der Universität Graz wird aufgezeigt, wie sich die „Hauptsprachen“ Englisch, Französisch, Italienisch und Spanisch in den Studienjahren 2007/08 bis 2022/23 entwickelt haben. Eine eingehende Analyse des Angebots und der Nachfrage lässt Rückschlüsse auf das Fremdsprachenerwerbsverhalten der Studierenden zu und führt zu Überlegungen, welche Beweggründe für das Erlernen oder Nicht-Erlernen einer Fremdsprache im Vordergrund stehen. 2025-08-22T05:04:00Z 2025-08-22T05:04:00Z 2025-08-21T14:06:32Z 2024 book ONIX_20250821T160243_9783903374409_15 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/105604 9783903374409 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/166051 eng open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg n/a n/a n/a https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/105604/1/9783903374409.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/105604/1/9783903374409.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/105604/1/9783903374409.pdf Graz University Library Publishing 10.25364/978-3-903374-40-9 10.25364/978-3-903374-40-9 8bae53b4-77c0-45a6-8be6-77bc17bb25c9 9783903374409 AG Universitätsverlage 42 Graz open access |
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