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Perception of Learners Towards Monolingualism, Bilingualism and Multi-Language Learning

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  • Halil Küçükler
  • Irfan Tosuncuoglu

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Monolingualism is defined as state of having control over the use of one language. Bilingualism means having control over the use of two languages and multi-lingualism is defined having control over the use of more than two languages. The purpose of this study is to make a comparison of the learners’ perceptions towards monolingualism, bilingualism and multilingualism. The study was done in year of 2018. The study was done by applying questionnaires to the preparation faculty at International Hoca Ahmet Yesewi University and Balıkesir University respondents. Totally, there are 196 respondents from Yesewi University and 172 respondents from Balıkesir University. Both BAU and AYU respondents disagree that people who speak a language best are those who know one language rather than two or more. They also both agree that learner should try not to use their first language while learning a new language. Both BAU and AYU respondents agree that learning another language is important because it allows them to be more at ease with people who speaks that language. However, AYU respondents have a stronger positive attitude than BAU respondents.

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  • Halil Küçükler & Irfan Tosuncuoglu, 2018. "Perception of Learners Towards Monolingualism, Bilingualism and Multi-Language Learning," English Language Teaching, Canadian Center of Science and Education, vol. 11(12), pages 221-221, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:ibn:eltjnl:v:11:y:2018:i:12:p:221
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