"I Would Like to Speak Many Languages"

The Attractiveness Factor in Language Acquisition in Multilingual Biographies

Abstract

By using the explorative research approach of semi-structured interviews, indicators that influence students' language acquisition in a multilingual environment could be determined. Moreover, ways of second language teaching implementation in different organizational forms of the minority school system in Carinthia/Koroška are presented. In this article, scientific methods and instruments will be presented as well as the respective content and the target group. An analysis of the linguistic socialization in mono-and multilingual families is explored, as well as partial fields of emotional connectedness to a specific language. Furthermore, dimensions of motivation to learn more languages will be addressed. Connections between the above-mentioned categories will be identified and interpreted.