Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Tables and Figures viii
4. Acknowledgements xi
5. Introduction 1
6. 1. The Irish Language and Adult Learners of Irish 6
7. 2. The Native Speaker and Target Models in Second Language Acquisition 27
8. 3. Attitude, Motivation and Identity in Second Language Learning 58
9. 4. Research Methodology 87
10. 5. Stage I: Irish Language Questionnaire for Adult Learners 110
11. 6. Stage II: Speaker Evaluation Exercise 141
12. 7. Stage II: Speaker Evaluation Exercise 164
13. 8. Discussion and Conclusions 186
14. References 201
15. Appendices 219
16. Author Index 253
17. Subject Index 255