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- Title
The Presence of Turkish Accent in the Iranian Turkish Speaking People's Farsi Contrasted with its Absence in Their Speaking English: Minimal Overwhelms Maximal Bilingualism.
- Authors
Maleki, Ataollah
- Abstract
The terms minimal and maximal bilingualism are respectively defined as incipient and native like ability to use a second language. The presence of Turkish accent in the Iranian Turkish speaking people's Farsi, with its absence in their speaking English contradicts the contrast between minimal and maximal dichotomy in bilingualism. These people do not speak Farsi, which is deeply rooted in their culture and way of life, as fluently as English to which they are lightly exposed. A five point Likert scale analysis of ten attitude statements about Farsi and English checked off by 49 out of 490 Iranian Turkish speaking students showed that attitude was the main cause of the problem. Thus, positive or negative attitude toward a second language can facilitate or hinder learning it.
- Subjects
NON-English speaking people; BILINGUALISM; TURKISH language; PERSIAN language; LIKERT scale; PSYCHOLOGY in literature; ATTITUDE change (Psychology); SECOND language acquisition
- Publication
Journal of Language Teaching & Research, 2011, Vol 2, Issue 1, p201
- ISSN
1798-4769
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4304/jltr.2.1.201-211