Characteristics of learners enrolled in advanced level courses in Hebrew, Chinese, and Japanese at Brandeis University

Researchers, practitioners, and policy makers in the field of foreign language study in higher education in the United States are familiar with the phenomenon of declining numbers among learners in advanced foreign language courses… This study offers new direction in understanding the dropout phenomenon. Its goal is to examine the characteristics of learners at the advanced level as a means to explain and understand their motivation to pursue advanced language with the hope that these findings will illuminate the attrition phenomenon in advanced language study. --Abstract