The Correlation Between English and French Proficiency of Chinese Trilingual Learners
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Yang Yang
Yan YANG graduated from the Sorbonne University in France with a PhD in linguistics. Currently, she is working in the French Department of Lanzhou Jiaotong University. The author is interested in the study of trilingual acquisition and the exploration of French teaching methods.
Abstract
In the context of globalization, multilingual learning and teaching have become more and more popular in China. The phenomenon of cross-linguistic influence is more complex in L3 acquisition than in L2 acquisition. Does the previously learned L2 affect L3 acquisition? From the perspective of trilingual acquisition, the English and French national test proficiency scores of 112 French major students in Chinese universities were selected as the research data to explore the potential relationship between English (L2) proficiency and French (L3) learning. The research results showed a positive correlation between English and French proficiency among Chinese learners, and a predictable equation was established through regression analysis. In addition, the study reveals that a threshold level of English (L2) is essential to generate a significant correlation. The threshold level is roughly equivalent to the level of IELTS 5.5. According to the results, the analogical teaching method is advocated.
About the author
Yan YANG graduated from the Sorbonne University in France with a PhD in linguistics. Currently, she is working in the French Department of Lanzhou Jiaotong University. The author is interested in the study of trilingual acquisition and the exploration of French teaching methods.
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Articles in the same Issue
- Frontmatter
- Teacher Development
- Exploring Mutual Learning of Four Chinese Senior High School EFL Teachers in a Collaborative Action Research Community
- Examining Chinese University EFL Teachers’ Perceptions and Participation in an Academic Salon-Based Professional Learning Community
- Insights From Informal Research Mentoring of Three University EFL Teachers
- Second Language Acquisition
- A Decade of Research Into Second Language Acquisition: A State-of-the-Science Review (2009-2019)
- The Correlation Between English and French Proficiency of Chinese Trilingual Learners
- Chinese Learners’ Use of Translation in Learning Academic Subjects in English-Medium Instruction Context
- Discourse Analysis
- On the Novel Chinese Modifier-Head Construction Shejian Shang de X: An Analysis of Meaning Construction
- Course Design and Material Evaluation
- Multimodal Discourse Analysis of Communicative English for Chinese Learners (Integrated Course) From the Perspective of Ecosophy
- Abstracts
- Chinese Abstracts
