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<p>This study aims at investigating the effect of second language in third language learning. It focuses on metalinguistic awareness, which reflects the extent to which learners can use their background languages in the process of third and additional language learning. The study gives insights into the issue of metalinguistic awareness by testing the participants’ vocabulary knowledge in learning English as a foreign language. The number of participants in this study is 30; they are all middle school students who have Arabic/Berber as native languages, French as a second language, and English as a third language. Two translation tasks were designed to find out how participants use their background languages in learning English: translating words in the first task and paragraph translation (from English into Arabic) and think-aloud protocols in the second task. Additionally, a semi-structured interview is conducted with 8 participants. The findings reveal how participants possess greater cognitive control in language acquisition due to language relatedness between the foreign languages they learn.</p>
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This study aims at investigating the effect of second language in third language learning. It focuses on metalinguistic awareness, which reflects the extent to which learners can use their background languages in the process of third and additional language learning. The study gives insights into the issue of metalinguistic awareness by testing the participants’ vocabulary knowledge in learning English as a foreign language. The number of participants in this study is 30; they are all middle school students who have Arabic/Berber as native languages, French as a second language, and English as a third language. Two translation tasks were designed to find out how participants use their background languages in learning English: translating words in the first task and paragraph translation (from English into Arabic) and think-aloud protocols in the second task. Additionally, a semi-structured interview is conducted with 8 participants. The findings reveal how participants possess greater cognitive control in language acquisition due to language relatedness between the foreign languages they learn.

The Effect of the Second Language on Metalinguistic Awareness in Third Language Vocabulary Learning

Romanian Journal of English Studies

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This study aims at investigating the effect of second language in third language learning. It focuses on metalinguistic awareness, which reflects the extent to...

The Effect of the Second Language on Metalinguistic Awareness in Third Language Vocabulary Learning

Publié en ligne: 26 déc. 2021

Pages: 98 - 109

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/rjes-2021-0011

Mots clés
Metalinguistic awareness, Second language learning, Third and additional language learning, Vocabulary learning

© 2021 Fatiha Sadouki, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

The Effect of the Second Language on Metalinguistic Awareness in Third Language Vocabulary Learning

Publié en ligne: 26 déc. 2021

Pages: 98 - 109

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/rjes-2021-0011

Mots clésMetalinguistic awareness, Second language learning, Third and additional language learning, Vocabulary learning

© 2021 Fatiha Sadouki, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Mots clés
Metalinguistic awareness, Second language learning, Third and additional language learning, Vocabulary learning