Publications

Publication details [#58951]

Ellis, Elizabeth M. and Anita Planchon. 2014. A diplomatic advantage? The effects of bilingualism and formal language training on language aptitude amongst Australian diplomatic officers. Language Awareness 23 (3) : 203–219.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

bilingualism | L3-acquisition | language proficiency | metalinguistic awareness | multilingualism

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Journal WWW

www.multilingual-matters.com/multi/onlinej.asp

Annotation

This study argues that bilinguals’ metalinguistic awareness, and probable success in future language learning, surpasses that of monolinguals, leastways as assessed by the Australian Defense Language Aptitude Battery (DLAB), in casu in a sample of Australian diplomatic officers.