ǂThe ǂcorrelation between cultural capital and learning English as a foreign language

masterʹs thesis

Jerneja Breznik (Author), Urška Sešek (Mentor)

Abstract

The following thesis analyses the correlation between cultural capital and learning English as a foreign language. It consists of two parts. The first part examines the theory of cultural capital and its application in research. The theoretical part also addresses the factors for successful foreign language learning and acquisition. The practical part is based on a survey that explores the correlation between respondents' cultural capital and learning English as a foreign language in Slovenian primary schools. The concept of cultural capital was first used in 1977 by French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu who explored the correlation between children's socioeconomic position and their school success. He was one of the first sociologists who examined the relationship between culture and class. Apart from economic capital which is objectified in material form, Bourdieu identified another two forms of capital: social and cultural capital. It is the latter that has mostly been explored in the context of education. The primary objective of the following thesis is to place the notion of cultural capital into the context of learning a foreign language with a critical approach based on existing cultural capital studies.

Keywords

master theses;Bourdieu;kulturni kapital;angleščina;tuji jeziki;izobraževanje;

Data

Language:	English
Year of publishing:	2021
Typology:	2.09 - Master's Thesis
Organization:	UM FF - Faculty of Arts
Publisher:	[J. Breznik]
UDC:	811.111:373.3(043.2)
COBISS:	81212675
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Secondary language:	Slovenian
Secondary title:	The correlation between cultural capital and learning english as a foreign language
Secondary abstract:	V zaključnem magistrskem delu je obravnavana korelacija med kulturnim kapitalom in učenjem tujega jezika angleščine. Naloga vsebuje dva sestavna dela. Prvi se ukvarja s teoretičnim ozadjem, vezanim na koncept kulturnega kapitala. Ob tem je poudarek na učenju angleškega jezika ter drugih dejavnikih, ki ob kulturnem kapitalu vplivajo na uspešno usvajanje tujega jezika Angleščine. Drugi sestavni del obsega predstavitev ter interpretacijo rezultatov praktičnega dela. Slednji sloni na analizi rezultatov ankete, ki je bila izvedena v okviru pouka angleščine pri učencih 7., 8., in 9. razreda osnovne šole. Primarni cilj zaključnega dela je ugotoviti, ali med kulturnim kapitalom in učenjem angleškega jezika obstaja pozitivna korelacija. Na podlagi številnih obstoječih raziskav iz področja kulturnega kapitala v povezavi z izobraževanjem predvidevamo, da pozitivna korelacija obstaja. Kljub številnim raziskavam o vplivu kulturnega kapitala na uspeh v izobraževanju doslej še ni bilo študije, ki bi se podrobneje ukvarjala med povezavo kulturnega kapitala v povezavi z učenjem tujega jezika. Cilj je ugotoviti, kako močna je ta povezava ter ali se razlikuje od splošne povezave med kulturnim kapitalom in šolskim uspehom.
Secondary keywords:	magistrska dela;Bourdieu;kulturni kapital;angleščina;tuji jeziki;izobraževanje;Angleščina;Osnovnošolsko učenje in poučevanje;Socialni kapital (sociologija);Univerzitetna in visokošolska dela;
Type (COBISS):	Master's thesis/paper
Thesis comment:	Univ. v Mariboru, Filozofska fak., Oddelek za anglistiko in amerikanistiko
Pages:	IX f., 80 str.
ID:	13322359