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Publication details [#64725]

Zhang, Haomin Stanley, Dongmei Ma and Tian Yao. 2018. The effect of third language learning on language aptitude among English-major students in China. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development 39 (7) : 590–601.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

interaction | L3-acquisition | language proficiency | second language acquisition | student

Language as a subject

English | French | Japanese

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Journal WWW

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

Annotation

Based on language aptitude's dynamic and emerging nature, this empirical study explores the link between multilingual learning experiences and language aptitude via comparative assays of language aptitude between second language (L2) and third language (L3) learners. Eighty-seven Chinese English-major students partook in this study.