STUDY CONCERNING THE BILINGUALITY OF THE STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PETROSANI.

THIS RESEARCH ATTEMPTS BOTH AT ANALYZING THE FORMS OF BILINGUALITY SPECIFIC TO THE STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PETROSANI, AND COMPARING THE STUDENTS’ POSSESSION OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES WITH THEIR PARENTS’ POSSESSION OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES, AND AT IDENTIFYING THE STUDENTS’ EXPECTATIONS THAT CONCERN THE STUDY OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES. A NUMBER OF 115 STUDENTS PARTICIPATED IN THE RESEARCH AND THEY WERE REQUIRED TO ANSWER A QUESTIONNAIRE, WHICH REVEALED THAT 86.95% OF THE STUDENTS POSSESS ONE FOREIGN LANGUAGE, AT LEAST, SO THAT THEY CAN BE CONSIDERED AS BILINGUAL. IN THE CASE OF THE BILINGUAL STUDENTS, 83% OF THEM DISPLAY A DOMINANT, ARTIFICIAL (EDUCATIONAL) BILINGUALITY. IN THE CASE OF THE OTHER STUDENTS, BILINGUALITY IS BALANCED, NATURAL. THE STUDENTS POSSESS A LARGER NUMBER OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES THAN THEIR PARENTS AND MOST OF THEM WOULD LIKE TO STUDY OTHER LANGUAGES, BESIDES THOSE THEY ALREADY KNOW, THEIR MAIN MOTIVATION RESIDING IN GETTING BETTER CHANCES TO FIND JOBS ABROAD. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]