A somewhat skeptical essay on teaching/learning a language other than the “mother tongue”: conundrums and practical challenges under the lenses of multilingualism

The idea of teaching/learning additional languages is a highly context-sensitive one, if only because it hinges crucially on what constitutes one’s ‘mother tongue’. The idea of mother tongue may seem too obvious to need any further comment; but in societally multilingual settings, it is far too sli...

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Main Author: Kanavillil Rajagopalan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina 2023-08-01
Series:Perspectiva
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Online Access:https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/perspectiva/article/view/93236