The Influence of family environment on exposure to English among Spanish Secondary School students

This article examines how the family environment infl uences exposure to English among Spanish Secondary Education students. Data concerning 186 students attending an ISCED-2 level in two urban secondary schools was collected through a questionnaire survey about the activities in English that studen...

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Autores: Mirmán Flores, Ana Mª, García Jiménez, Eduardo
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repositorio:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
OAI Identifier:oai:idus.us.es:11441/86645
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/11441/86645
https://doi.org/10.15581/004.34.283-306
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:English as a Foreingn language (EFL)
Family environments
Second language learning
Secondary school students
Inglés como segunda lengua
Entorno familiar
Aprendizaje de una segunda lengua
Estudiantes de Enseñanza Secundaria
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Sumario:This article examines how the family environment infl uences exposure to English among Spanish Secondary Education students. Data concerning 186 students attending an ISCED-2 level in two urban secondary schools was collected through a questionnaire survey about the activities in English that students’ families do and/or promote outside the academic environment, and what kind of exposure activities students have in everyday situations. Several analyses were carried out including a descriptive, a correlational and a Cluster study. The fi ndings reveal three main patterns concerning degrees and types of exposure, but indicate that Secondary students’ exposure to English outside the school and informal language learning opportunities are very low.