Abstract
The aim of the research is to analyze sport student foreign language (English) learning and use habits in longitudinal scale (past, present and future prospective). Subjects are 35 Latvian Academy of Sport Education Full and Part time students. Methods: mixed – qualitative and quantitative. Interviews with three students led to designing a questionnaire, consisting of 12 statements. Results were analyzed with SPSS 17.0. Results show that students learn and use English both in sportive and non-sportive environment, active sporting life promotes foreign language learning. Most of them self-assess their English use skills as moderate. At present they use English more than in past, in future more than in present, and in future much more than in past (r=0.5, p<0.001).
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Sabiedrība. Integrācija. Izglītība = Society. Integration. Education |
| Subtitle of host publication | starptautiskās zinātniskās konferences materiāli = proceedings of the international scientific conference |
| Place of Publication | Rēzekne |
| Publisher | Rēzeknes Tehnoloģiju akadēmija |
| Pages | 233-240 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Volume | 1 |
| Publication status | Published - 2014 |
| Event | International Scientific Conference “Society. Integration. Education: Sabiedrība. Integrācija. Izglītība”, 2014 - Rēzekne, Latvia Duration: 23 May 2014 → 24 May 2014 https://science.rsu.lv/en/publications/development-of-learning-needs-grounded-pedagogical-intervention-p https://dom.lndb.lv/data/obj/file/25236527.pdf |
Publication series
| Name | Society. Integration. Education=Sabiedrība. Integrācija. Izglītība |
|---|---|
| ISSN (Print) | 1691-5887 |
| ISSN (Electronic) | 2256-0629 |
Conference
| Conference | International Scientific Conference “Society. Integration. Education: Sabiedrība. Integrācija. Izglītība”, 2014 |
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| Country/Territory | Latvia |
| City | Rēzekne |
| Period | 23/05/14 → 24/05/14 |
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Keywords*
- Sport students
- foreign language learning
- sport English
Field of Science*
- 5.3 Educational sciences
- 3.3 Health sciences
Publication Type*
- 3.1. Articles or chapters in proceedings/scientific books indexed in Web of Science and/or Scopus database
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