Perceptions of University Students toward Bilingualism in Fribourg, Barcelona, and Oxford

This master's thesis explores university students’ perceptions toward bilingualism and foreign language teaching in two bilingual, European communities—Fribourg, Switzerland, and Barcelona, Spain—and at the University of Mississippi in monolingual-dominant Oxford, Mississippi. This research was conducted over a period of about nine months and includes both qualitative and quantitative data: twenty-four interviews as well as three online questionnaires which were made available in the following five languages: French, German, Catalan, Castilian Spanish, and English. During the interviews and on the Qualtrics questionnaires, students were asked to share their perceptions about language, their communities, and foreign language teaching. For clarity purposes, although some interviews were conducted in French or Spanish, students’ responses have been translated into English by the author.

Name thesis:degree_name

M.A. in Modern Languages

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Modern Languages

Year dc:date.available

2018

Author dc:creator

• Densmore, Madison

Contributors dc:contributor

• Stephen Fafulas
• Sara Wellman
• Anne Quinney

• Barcelona
• bilingual
• bilingualism
• foreign language teaching
• Fribourg
• Oxford
• Modern Languages

Repository record dc:identifier

https://egrove.olemiss.edu/etd/1210

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:egrove.olemiss.edu:etd-2209