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Language learning strategies of multilingual adults learning additional languages

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ID12738417
AuthorsVioletta Dmitrenko (Universidad de Navarra, corresponding author)
Year2017
Volume14
Issue1
Pages6-22
Publication date2017-01-02
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Multilingualism (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1479-0718 • E-ISSN: 1747-7530
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14790718.2017.1258978
OpenAlexW2571501305
LanguageEN
Citations received21
References cited27

The main goal consisted in identifying and bringing together strategies of multilinguals as a particular learner group. Therefore, research was placed in the intersection of the three fields: language learning strategies (LLS), third language acquisition (TLA), and the didactics of plurilingualism. First, the paper synthesises the major findings of research on LLS applied by multilinguals learning additional (European) languages. Then two interrelated empirical studies combining quantitative and qualitative research methods are reported. The strategies identified in the literature and in the mixed-method study 1 (n = 18) were integrated into Oxford’s[(1990). Language learning strategies: What every teacher should know. Boston, MA: Heinle and Heinle] taxonomy and into a new strategy questionnaire for multilingual learners Multilingual Strategy Inventory for Language Learning (M-SILL). Almost 90% of the strategies tested in the large-scale survey study 2 (n = 271) were reported by the multilingual participants as applied with a high or moderate frequency. A significant correlation was detected between the learners’ degree of multilingualism and the use of the M-SILL strategies, with a major increase in L3 learning. This finding provided an additional support to the claims that there is a ‘threshold’ effect in L3 learning and that TLA is different from SLA

Language acquisition · Linguistics · Mathematics education · Multilingualism · Computer Science · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning · Psychology · Second Language Acquisition and Learning · Second Language Learning and Teaching

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