ERIC Number: EJ1198436
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2018
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Perception of Learners towards Monolingualism, Bilingualism and Multi-Language Learning
Küçükler, Halil; Tosuncuoglu, Irfan
English Language Teaching, v11 n12 p221-228 2018
Monolingualism is defined as state of having control over the use of one language. Bilingualism means having control over the use of two languages and multi-lingualism is defined having control over the use of more than two languages. The purpose of this study is to make a comparison of the learners' perceptions towards monolingualism, bilingualism and multilingualism. The study was done in year of 2018. The study was done by applying questionnaires to the preparation faculty at International Hoca Ahmet Yesewi University and Balikesir University respondents. Totally, there are 196 respondents from Yesewi University and 172 respondents from Balikesir University. Both BAU and AYU respondents disagree that people who speak a language best are those who know one language rather than two or more. They also both agree that learner should try not to use their first language while learning a new language. Both BAU and AYU respondents agree that learning another language is important because it allows them to be more at ease with people who speaks that language. However, AYU respondents have a stronger positive attitude than BAU respondents.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Student Attitudes, Language Attitudes, Monolingualism, Bilingualism, Multilingualism, Bilingual Education
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Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Turkey
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