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THE NC HUNGARIAN CLUB
controversial attitude to Hungarian than G2 speakers have to English. No G2
respondent feels ‘proud’, ‘frustrated’ or ‘uncomfortable’ when speaking English.
A minority (only two respondents) claim to feel ‘good’ when speaking English,
but for the overwhelming majority (8 responses), speaking English feels ‘natural’.
Motivation for attending the NC Hungarian Club
In question 28 “Why do you go to the Hungarian club?” subjects have been
provided 5 + 1 optional statements: A) “I like speaking Hungarian”; B) “I am
interested in other Hungarians”; C) “Since we are Hungarians, we need to pull
together”; D) “I think it is important to cherish Hungarian traditions”; E) “I
am most comfortable among American-Hungarians who live here”; F) Other
(Due to the low number of responses to statement F, it has been excluded from
the scope of this examination.) For the quantification and interpretation of
the data, see Chapter 6.
For the purpose of finding characteristic patterns with regards to motives
in cherishing Hungarian traditions along intergenerational lines, the ‘yes’
responses given to each statement in question 28 have been counted and
contrasted in the G1 and G2 groups.
Table 38: Motives in attending the NC Hungarian Club in G1 vs. G2 groups
Statement Statement Statement Statement Statement
R A B Cc D E
esponses (Affective) (Integrative) (Ethnic (Heritage) (Bicultu¬
affiliation) ralism)
Gl ‘yes’
responses 20 (26%) 17 (22%) 13 (17%) 18 (23%) 9 (12%)
(N=77)
G2 ‘yes’
responses 4 (21%) 5 (26%) 2 (11%) 5 (26%) 3 (16%)
(N=19)
Table 38 reflects that for G1 subjects the most important reason for attending
the Hungarian club is of affective nature (26%) — they like speaking Hungarian
(Statement A “I like speaking Hungarian.”). The heritage (23%) (Statement D
“I think it is important to cherish Hungarian traditions.”) and the integrative
(22%) (Statement B “I am interested in other Hungarians.”) aspects are also
important for G1 speakers to attend the Hungarian Club, followed by ethnic
affiliation (17%) (Statement C “Since we are Hungarians, we need to stick
together.”), and biculturalism (12%) (Statement E “I am most comfortable
among Hungarian-Americans who live here.”). For G2 speakers, though, the
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