The Effect of the Second Language on Metalinguistic Awareness in Third Language Vocabulary Learning
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 th...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Sciendo
2021-12-01
|
| Series: | Romanian Journal of English Studies |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1515/rjes-2021-0011 |
| _version_ | 1811311852524666880 |
|---|---|
| author | Sadouki Fatiha |
| author_facet | Sadouki Fatiha |
| author_sort | Sadouki Fatiha |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | 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. |
| first_indexed | 2024-04-13T10:26:21Z |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj.art-7d69b1355e12463a8e31227a855d99f4 |
| institution | Directory Open Access Journal |
| issn | 2286-0428 |
| language | English |
| last_indexed | 2024-04-13T10:26:21Z |
| publishDate | 2021-12-01 |
| publisher | Sciendo |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Romanian Journal of English Studies |
| spelling | doaj.art-7d69b1355e12463a8e31227a855d99f42022-12-22T02:50:18ZengSciendoRomanian Journal of English Studies2286-04282021-12-011819810910.1515/rjes-2021-0011The Effect of the Second Language on Metalinguistic Awareness in Third Language Vocabulary LearningSadouki Fatiha0University of SzegedThis 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.https://doi.org/10.1515/rjes-2021-0011metalinguistic awarenesssecond language learningthird and additional language learningvocabulary learning |
| spellingShingle | Sadouki Fatiha The Effect of the Second Language on Metalinguistic Awareness in Third Language Vocabulary Learning Romanian Journal of English Studies metalinguistic awareness second language learning third and additional language learning vocabulary learning |
| title | The Effect of the Second Language on Metalinguistic Awareness in Third Language Vocabulary Learning |
| title_full | The Effect of the Second Language on Metalinguistic Awareness in Third Language Vocabulary Learning |
| title_fullStr | The Effect of the Second Language on Metalinguistic Awareness in Third Language Vocabulary Learning |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Effect of the Second Language on Metalinguistic Awareness in Third Language Vocabulary Learning |
| title_short | The Effect of the Second Language on Metalinguistic Awareness in Third Language Vocabulary Learning |
| title_sort | effect of the second language on metalinguistic awareness in third language vocabulary learning |
| topic | metalinguistic awareness second language learning third and additional language learning vocabulary learning |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1515/rjes-2021-0011 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT sadoukifatiha theeffectofthesecondlanguageonmetalinguisticawarenessinthirdlanguagevocabularylearning AT sadoukifatiha effectofthesecondlanguageonmetalinguisticawarenessinthirdlanguagevocabularylearning |