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Starman or Sterrenman?

Methodological challenges

in measuring attitudes

towards English in Flemish

elementary school children

Eline Zenner, Laura Rosseel & Dirk Speelman

1. Background

2. Design & Instrumentation

3. Sample

4. Results

5. Conclusion

PsycholinguisticsContact

Linguistics

Developmental Sociolinguistics

Our Study

Bel

gian

-Du

tch

lin

guas

cap

e

Acquisition of prestige of SL

English-Dutch contact

Challenges: > lexical change

> children

1. Background

2. Design & Instrumentation

3. Sample

4. Results

5. Conclusion

Starman? Sterrenman?

Hallo [guys/jongens]! Ik ben

[Star Man/Sterrenman]. Samen

met mijn [sidekick/hulpje]

[Planet Kid/Planeetkind] strijd ik

tegen [Dark Moon/Duistermaan] en

z’n [gang/bende]. Verdorie, daar is

ie! [Brains/Brein], onze

[inventor/uitvinder], steekt onze

[backpack/rugzak] nog snel vol

met [gadgets/snufjes] zodat we

aan de [battle/strijd] kunnen

beginnen. Klaar? Daar gaan we!

Starman

Starman? Sterrenman?

1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5

Receptive vocab

Social meaning

Language awareness

Age - gender

Starman?

Receptive vocabHallo [guys/jongens]! Ik ben

[Star Man/Sterrenman]. Samen

met mijn [sidekick/hulpje]

[Planet Kid/Planeetkind] strijd ik

tegen [Dark Moon/Duistermaan] en

z’n [gang/bende]. Verdorie, daar is

ie! [Brains/Brein], onze

[inventor/uitvinder], steekt onze

[backpack/rugzak] nog snel vol

met [gadgets/snufjes] zodat we

aan de [battle/strijd] kunnen

beginnen. Klaar? Daar gaan we!

Receptive vocabHallo [guys/jongens]! Ik ben

[Star Man/Sterrenman]. Samen

met mijn [sidekick/hulpje]

[Planet Kid/Planeetkind] strijd ik

tegen [Dark Moon/Duistermaan] en

z’n [gang/bende]. Verdorie, daar is

ie! [Brains/Brein], onze

[inventor/uitvinder], steekt onze

[backpack/rugzak] nog snel vol

met [gadgets/snufjes] zodat we

aan de [battle/strijd] kunnen

beginnen. Klaar? Daar gaan we!

b a c k p a c k

dynamism

solidarity

status

Social meaning

1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5

Sterrenman?Starman?

Social meaning

1 2 3 4 5

How smart is Sterrenman?

status

1 2 3 4 5

How smart is Starman?

Social meaning

1 2 3 4 5

How stupid is Sterrenman?

status

1 2 3 4 5

How stupid is Starman?

1 2 3 4 5

Could Starman be your best friend?

Social meaning

1 2 3 4 5

Could Sterrenman be your best friend?

solidarity

1 2 3 4 5

Would you share your candy with Starman?

Social meaning

1 2 3 4 5

Would you share your candy with Sterrenman?

solidarity

1 2 3 4 5

How funny do you think Starman is?

Social meaning

1 2 3 4 5

How funny do you think Sterrenman is?

dynamism

1 2 3 4 5

Does Starman have a lot of friends?

Social meaning

1 2 3 4 5

Does Sterrenman have a lot of friends?

dynamism

Language awareness approach 1

Language awareness approach 2

Age - gender

1. Background

2. Design & Instrumentation

3. Sample

4. Results

5. Conclusion

BOYSGIRLS

YEAR 3(age 8-9)

YEAR 1(age 6-7)

31

25

s a m p l e

31

29

YEAR 5(age 10-11)

32 26

88T O T A L 86 174

T O T A L

32

32

32

1. Background

2. Design & Instrumentation

3. Sample

4. Results

5. Conclusion

Starman? Sterrenman?

1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5

rati

ng

STA

RM

AN

(En

glis

h)

Y1 Y3 Y5

rating STERRENMAN (Dutch)

Y1 Y3 Y5

dsc

ore

pre

f(S

TAR

-STE

R)

Y1 Y3 Y5

Receptive vocab

Social meaning

Language awareness

Age - gender

Receptive vocab

Social meaning

Language awareness

Age - gender

Y1 Y3 Y5

Y1 Y3 Y5

Receptive vocab

Social meaning

Language awareness

Age - gender

Social meaning status

Social meaning solidarity

Social meaning dynamism12

questions

how many

scales?

BOYSGIRLS

YEAR 3(age 8-9)

YEAR 1(age 6-7)

.91

.94

std. alpha

.94

.89

YEAR 5(age 10-11)

.71 .85 No

straight

lining!

Receptive vocab

Social meaning

Language awareness

Age - gender

1

Y1 Y3 Y5

dsco

reso

cia

lm

ea

nin

g

Y1 Y3 Y5

Language awareness

Age - gender

1

Receptive vocab

Social meaning

reco

gn

itio

n

Y1 Y3 Y5

Y1 Y3 Y5

Language awareness

Age - gender

2

Receptive vocab

Social meaning

answer with general reference to language, intelligibility or the lexicon

Other reasons

answer with explicit reference to code choice& English

Starman has

this cool

language.

Sterrenman is

nicer. He talks

differently and that

is nice.

answer with general reference to languageor the lexicon

Starman is

in English

and I like

that.

I don’t understand

English very well.

answer with explicit reference to code choiceand English

I hate all

male

superheroes

Because he

is cool

Other reasons

Y3Y1

other 19

GIRLS

19

Y5

17

lang/lex 6 6 6

English 0 6 9

other 23

BOYS

19 9

lang/lex 7 4 4

English 1 6 13

Y3Y1

other 76%

GIRLS

61%

Y5

53%

lang/lex 24% 20% 19%

English 0 19% 28%

other 74%

BOYS

66% 35%

lang/lex 23% 14% 15%

English 3% 21% 50%

Y1 Y3 Y5

Receptive vocab

Social meaning

Language awareness

Age - gender

1. Background

2. Design & Instrumentation

3. Sample

4. Results

5. Conclusion

Acquisition of prestige of SL

English-Dutch contact

Challenges: > lexical change

> children

eline.zenner@kuleuven.be

laura.rosseel@kuleuven.be

dirk.speelman@kuleuven.be

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