Author(s): Winn MYINTZU

Title: THIRD OR ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE LEARNING: A CASE STUDY OF HUNGARIAN CHINESE LEARNERS

Source: Sz. Simon, R. Brdar-Szabó, A. Tóthné Litovkina (eds.): 14th International Conference of J. Selye University. Language and Literacy Section. Conference Proceedings

ISBN: 978-80-8122-450-8

DOI: https://doi.org/10.36007/4508.2023.39

Publisher: J. Selye University, Komárno, Slovakia

PY, pages: 2023, 39-53

Published on-line: 2023

Language: en

Abstract: This paper reports a study on Hungarian Chinese learners’ learning Chinese as their third or additional language, using English as the medium of language learning. The study was mainly focused on Chinese language learning experience of 20 active Hungar-ian Chinese learners. Questionnaires and interviews were employed to investigate their language learning preferences as well as the language learning strategies used in Chinese language learning. The study revealed that learners’ knowledge of their previously known and learned languages, and their experience from previous learning of other languages had positive influence on their Chinese language learning. It was also found that being experienced language learners, they had their own language learning preferences, and there was an impact of their teachers’ teaching strategy use on their self-directed language learning strategies.

Keywords: Third or additional language learning, Chinese, language learning experience, language learning preferences, language learning strategies

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