Sin resumenThe purpose of this study is on the one hand, to describe the attitudes and motivation in Second Language Acquisition (SLA) among I-lispanic inmigrants in New York. On the other hand, to point out possible causes why the individuals questioned did not speak English after baving lived in the US br many years. Conclusions are drawn concerning which attitudes lead to motivation and which ones hinder leaming the target language. Didáctica, 9,95-118. Servicio de Publicaciones UCM. Madrid, 1997 96 M. "Luisa Go,-cía Bermejo M. " Guadalupe Villarreal Giteva`a
