A comparative study on students\u27 attitudes towards billingualism

Temeljni cilj raziskave je bil ugotoviti, ali obstajajo razlike v stališčih do dvojezičnosti med študenti Fakultete za humanistične študije Koper in študenti italijanskega jezika na Filozofski fakulteti v Splitu (Hrvaška). Zanimalo nas je ali obstajajo razlike v stališčih do dovjezičnosti in ali so stališča študentov iz Splita bolj pozitivna od stališč koprskih študentov. Rezultati raziskave delno potrjujejo prvo hipotezo, v celoti pa drugo. Pri 11 postavkah od 20 so se namreč pokazale statistično pomembne razlike v stališčih, pri eni postavki pa težnja k statistično pomembni razliki. V vseh primerih, kjer razlike obstajajo, se v stališčih splitskih študentov kaže večja naklonjenost dvojezičnosti.The aim of the research was to assess the existence of differences between attitudes towards bilingualism held by students of the Faculty of Humanities Koper and those held by students of Italian language and literacy from the Faculty of Philosophy in Split (Croatia). We investigated whether there are differences between attitudes towards bilingualism of both groups and if attitudes towards bilingualism held by students from Split are more favorable than those held by students from the Faculty of Humanities Koper. The results confirmed the first hypothesis partially, and the second one completely. 11 items out of 20 have shown to conduct to statistically different attitudes, whereas in one case a tendency towards statistically significant difference isto be found. In all cases, where statistically significant differences are to be found, attitudes held by students from Split are more positive, if compared to those held by students from Koper