DiFiore, Rita (2024) How Do Adult English Language Learners Use their First Language as a Cognitive Tool to Understand Text in the Target Language? : A Case Study. Eger Journal of American Studies. 18. pp. 45-83. ISSN 1786-2337
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This four-subject qualitative case study investigated the reasons English language learners use their primary language while they construct meaning from written text. I used four research tools: formal survey, interview, observation, and research journal. The participants were adult English language learners, whose primary language was Hungarian. They shared their insights about their reading practices in their second language. Results of the study showed that adult language learners preferred to use their primary language as a tool to read in English for several reasons. Knowledge of various content areas in their first language helped them connect new information to the existing one. Understanding the structure of their first language gave them the framework to contrast and analyze their second language. Code switching and mixing enabled them to clarify cultural details when their second language was not sufficiently developed to do so. Translating was used as a reading strategy, and its target varied according to the level of proficiency of the participants. Overall, the students’ beliefs and their motivations about language learning clearly reflected the need for the incorporation of the linguistic resources their mother tongue offered.
| Mű típusa: | Folyóiratcikk - Journal article |
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| Szerző: | Szerző neve Email MTMT azonosító ORCID azonosító Közreműködés DiFiore, Rita NEM RÉSZLETEZETT NEM RÉSZLETEZETT NEM RÉSZLETEZETT Szerző |
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| Nyelv: | angol |
| Kötetszám: | 18. |
| DOI azonosító: | 10.33036/EJAS.2024.45 |
| ISSN: | 1786-2337 |
| Felhasználó: | Tibor Gál |
| Dátum: | 08 Okt 2025 08:32 |
| Utolsó módosítás: | 08 Okt 2025 08:32 |
| URI: | http://publikacio.uni-eszterhazy.hu/id/eprint/8763 |
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