Preventing Attrition and Promoting Retention

Bardovi‐Harlig, Kathleen; Burghardt, Beatrix

doi:10.32038/ltrq.2020.19.05

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“…The issue of non-pathological Foreign Language (FL) attrition, defined as FL learners' loss of their linguistic knowledge or skills when they end or stop their formal language learning (Bardovi-Harlig & Stringer, 2010;Bardovi-Harlig & Burghardt, 2020;De Bot & Weltens, 1995;Moorcraft & Gardner, 1987;Oxford, 1982;Schmid & Mehotcheva, 2012), has been widely discussed and investigated since the 1980s (Bahrick, 1984;Bardovi-Harlig & Stringer, 2010;A. D. Cohen, 1989;De Bot & Weltens, 1995;Gardner, Lalonde, & Macpherson, 1985;Gardner, Lalonde, Moorcroft, & Evers, 1987;Kuhberg, 1992;Nakuma, 1997;Schmid & Mehotcheva, 2012;Szupica-Pyrzanowska, 2016;Weltens, 1987).…”

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Attrition of Oral Communicative Ability among English Language Graduates in Turkey

Valizadeh

2021

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This study explored the relationship between the period of Turkish EFL (English as a Foreign Language) graduates’ not using English as well as their ages with the attrition of their oral communicative ability. The study also indicated the language maintenance strategies the Turkish EFL graduates pursue to prevent the attrition of their oral communicative ability. To investigate the issues, the present study used a quantitative design and the convenience sampling. The participants included 153 Turkish graduates majoring in English fields. A test of oral communicative ability as well as a checklist including 20 ‘Language Maintenance Strategies’ were used to collect the required data. The results showed that the longer the period of language non-use, the more likely the attrition of oral communicative abilities of Turkish EFL graduates will occur. As for the language maintenance strategies, the item ‘watching movies with its corresponding subtitle in English’ was the most frequent, followed by ‘listening to English songs’, whereas ‘speaking in English with Turkish friends’ was the least frequent one, and this was followed by ‘speaking in English with foreigners’. The study highly recommends enhancing the conditions and quality of the EFL teacher education programs in Turkey.

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Attrition of Oral Communicative Ability among English Language Graduates in Turkey

Valizadeh

2021

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Language Attrition and its Impact on Culture – A Case of Saraiki in Dera Ghazi Khan Region

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Shahbaz

2021

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Language attrition is primarily the loss of language and subsequently the loss of culture and identity. A number of languages have become extinct, and many languages of the world are near extinction. This study analyzes the impact of language attrition on Saraiki and its culture in the D. G. Khan region. This research takes into consideration two domains of language use: home and university. Paradis's (2004) Activated Threshold Hypothesis (ATH) supplemented with Bot, Lowie & Verspoor's (2007) Dynamic Systems Theory (DST) has been adopted as a theoretical framework. The mixed-method approach has been used, and a sample of 100 respondents was selected from the target population. The respondents were instructed to define certain Saraiki vocabulary items, and their responses were recorded. The findings show that socio-economic, socio-cultural, socio-political and socio-demographic factors are responsible for the language attrition of Saraiki and the subsequent impact on the culture of the speakers in the selected locale.

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Preventing Attrition and Promoting Retention

Cited by 2 publications

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Attrition of Oral Communicative Ability among English Language Graduates in Turkey

Attrition of Oral Communicative Ability among English Language Graduates in Turkey

Language Attrition and its Impact on Culture – A Case of Saraiki in Dera Ghazi Khan Region

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