Systemic and personal factors that affect students' elective language other than English enrollment decisions

• Published in: Foreign language annals Vol. 55; no. 2; pp. 361 - 382
• Main Author: Clayton, Stephanie
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Alexandria Wiley 01.06.2022; American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages
• Subjects: Anglophones; Barriers; Curricula; Data Analysis; Decision Making; Declining Enrollment; Education; Elective Courses; enrollment; Enrollments; EU membership; Foreign Countries; Foreign language learning; Grade 10; Grade 11; Grade 12; Grade 9; High School Students; International Education; L2 motivation; L2 motivational self system; Language; Language Enrollment; Learning Motivation; Learning Processes; mixed methodology; Monolingualism; Motivation; Schools; Second Language Instruction; Second Language Learning; secondary; Skills; Student attitudes; Student Participation; Students; Teaching Methods; Australia; United Kingdom > UK

In a world where English has achieved global dominance, it is unsurprising that the instrumental value of learning a language other than English (LOTE) for those already fluent in English is increasingly deemed unnecessary. There are significant enrollment declines postcompulsory second language (L2...