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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
