The study has attempted to provide a detailed study in language attitudes toward Mandarin and Taiwanese. Yet there are limitations which need to be considered for future research.
Firstly, although the questionnaires have been distributed to several universities, the main sources of the subjects were from two universities in Taipei and Kaohsiung.
Besides, most students are English-majors. Such single source of participants somehow prevents a completely objective account for language attitudes as they did not serve as fully representative of the younger generation.
Furthermore, the study adopted a quantitative approach and inferences are derived based on statistical results. The single way of data collection is at risk of yielding a biased analysis. Therefore, interviews are suggested in combination with written questionnaires, because this would provide data through interaction
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encouraging more opinions compared to filling out a closed-end survey. Moreover, observation of naturally occurring utterances in daily conversation is also recommended, for it offers a better resource to check whether the subjects’
beliefs/attitudes correspond to actual behaviors.
If such suggestions are taken into consideration in future research, the issues investigated would be more extensively examined.
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Appendix 2. Subjects’ Responses in Three Types of Comments (continued) Category Question