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Exposure to the English language on the internet: comparing Croatian and French university students
Zagreb: University of Zagreb, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2023. urn:nbn:hr:131:038143
Volarić Horvat, Laura
University of Zagreb
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Department of English language and literature

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Volarić Horvat, L. (2023). Exposure to the English language on the internet: comparing Croatian and French university students (Master's thesis). Zagreb: University of Zagreb, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. Retrieved from https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:131:038143

Volarić Horvat, Laura. "Exposure to the English language on the internet: comparing Croatian and French university students." Master's thesis, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2023. https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:131:038143

Volarić Horvat, Laura. "Exposure to the English language on the internet: comparing Croatian and French university students." Master's thesis, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2023. https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:131:038143

Volarić Horvat, L. (2023). 'Exposure to the English language on the internet: comparing Croatian and French university students', Master's thesis, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, accessed 01 August 2024, https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:131:038143

Volarić Horvat L. Exposure to the English language on the internet: comparing Croatian and French university students [Master's thesis]. Zagreb: University of Zagreb, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; 2023 [cited 2024 August 01] Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:131:038143

L. Volarić Horvat, "Exposure to the English language on the internet: comparing Croatian and French university students", Master's thesis, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Zagreb, 2023. Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:131:038143

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TitleExposure to the English language on the internet: comparing Croatian and French university students
Title (croatian)Izloženost engleskom jeziku na internetu: usporedba francuskih i hrvatskih sveučilišnih studenata
AuthorLaura Volarić Horvat
MentorStela Letica Krevelj (mentor)
Committee memberRenata Geld (predsjednik povjerenstva)
Committee memberJasenka Čengić (član povjerenstva)
GranterUniversity of Zagreb
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
(Department of English language and literature)
Zagreb
Defense date and country2023-07-04, Croatia
Scientific / art field,
discipline and subdiscipline		HUMANISTIC SCIENCES
Philology
Anglistics
Abstract
The widespread usage of the internet has resulted in an increasing number of individuals engaging in various online activities. This surge in internet usage has also provided language learners with numerous opportunities to immerse themselves in their target language, leading to exposure and potential language acquisition. Previous research has demonstrated positive effects of such exposure on language learning. Hence, this study aimed to investigate the English language proficiency, level of exposure, and reasons behind exposure among 120 university students from France and Croatia. Additionally, the study sought to determine whether exposure levels were correlated with self-assessed proficiency. The findings revealed contrasting self-assessment results, with Croatian participants rating their English proficiency at the C1 level, whereas French participants assessed themselves at the B1 level. Moreover, the Croatian participants reported higher levels of online exposure across seven out of eight exposure factors. The French students displayed a preference for dubbed internet TV content, primarily due to a lack of focus on the content otherwise or to an inadequate comprehension of English. Conversely, the Croatian students did not exhibit a preference for dubbing, except when it came to animated movies, as they aimed to preserve the content's authenticity. Furthermore, a positive correlation was observed between exposure and self-assessed English proficiency across all exposure factors, except for listening to the radio and playing video games.
Abstract (croatian)
Sve veći broj ljudi diljem svijeta koristi internet u razne svrhe. Raste i broj prilika za učenike jezika dolaskom u kontakt sa svojim ciljnim jezikom, tj. za izloženost ciljnom jeziku. Prijašnja istraživanja ukazala su na pozitivan utjecaj takve izloženosti na učenje jezika. Cilj ovog istraživanja bio je utvrditi kako 120 francuskih i hrvatskih studenata procjenjuje svoju razinu engleskog jezika, u kojoj su mu mjeri izloženi, zašto te je li njihova izloženost u korelaciji s njihovom samoprocjenom znanja engleskog jezika. Hrvatski su sudionici puno bolje procijenili svoje znanje engleskog jezika od Francuza, jer smatraju da je njihov engleski dostojan razine C1, za razliku od Francuza koji svoju razinu engleskog ocjenjuju razinom B2. Hrvati su također prijavili veću izloženost engleskom jeziku na internetu u svim čimbenicima izloženosti osim u jednom. Francuzi preferiraju sinkronizirane internet TV sadržaje, uglavnom zbog nedostatka volje da se koncentriraju na čitanje podnapisa ili zbog slabog razumijevanja engleskog jezika, dok Hrvati ne preferiraju sinkronizaciju, izuzev animiranih filmova, uglavnom radi očuvanja autentičnosti sadržaja. Izloženost je pozitivno korelirala sa samoprocjenom razine engleskog u svim faktorima izloženosti osim slušanja radija i igranja videoigara.
Keywords
Keywords (croatian)
Languageenglish
URN:NBNurn:nbn:hr:131:038143
Study programmeTitle: English Language and Literature (double major); specializations in: Linguistics, Literature and Culture, Translation, TEFL
Course: TEFL
Study programme type: university
Study level: graduate
Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra edukacije engleskog jezika i književnosti (magistar/magistra edukacije engleskog jezika i književnosti)
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Created on2023-07-12 11:05:58