nmm 22 4500 ICPSR03210 MiAaI m f a u cr mn mmmmuuuu 130523s2001 miu f a eng d (MiAaI)ICPSR03210 MiAaI MiAaI Eurobarometer 54LAN [electronic resource] Special Survey on Languages, December 2000 Harald Hartung 2010-05-05 Ann Arbor, Mich. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor] 2001 ICPSR 3210 Numeric Title from ICPSR DDI metadata of 2013-05-23. AVAILABLE. This study is freely available to ICPSR member institutions. Also available as downloadable files. This round of Eurobarometer surveys, which diverged from the standard Eurobarometer topics, queried respondents on foreign languages. Respondents were asked what languages they spoke and on what level, how they learned or improved in those languages, and how often and for what reasons they used foreign languages. The survey also collected information on motivations for learning other languages, reasons discouraging the learning of other languages, methods of learning foreign languages and their effectiveness, and the availability of language courses in respondents' living areas. Those polled were also asked whether knowing foreign languages was useful, what languages were the most useful to know, where they would look for information about opportunities to learn languages, and whether they preferred to watch foreign movies/programs with subtitles rather than with dubbing. Additional questions sought respondents' opinions on the necessity to speak European Union (EU) languages, reasons why children should learn other European languages at school, and the influence of the EU enlargement on communication among the EU member countries. Standard demographic information collected includes age, gender, occupation, age at completion of education, and size of locality. Cf.: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR03210.v2 acculturation icpsr attitudes icpsr bilingual education icpsr bilingualism icpsr European unification icpsr European Union icpsr foreign languages icpsr language study icpsr political influence icpsr public opinion icpsr quality of life icpsr social change icpsr social integration icpsr IDRC VIII. International Organizations IDRC VII. Public Opinion Data IDRC VI. Human Dimension of International Relations IDRC III. Electoral Systems and Political Behavior ICPSR XIV.C.3.a. Mass Political Behavior and Attitudes, Public Opinion on Political Matters, Attitudes Toward Regional Integration, Europe Hartung, Harald European Commission Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research. ICPSR (Series) Access restricted ; authentication may be required: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR03210.v2