Category Archives: Bilingualism and Multilingualism

“Investigating the relationship between belief and action in self-directed language learning” (2011). Navarro & Thornton

Navarro, D., & Thornton, K. (2011) “Investigating the relationship between belief and action in self-directed language learning”. (Journal article) This case-study addresses the relationship between learning beliefs and learning behaviours. The participants were two Japanese undergraduate students enrolled in an elective … Continue reading

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“Major, minor, and negative learning style preferences of university students”. (2011). Psaltou-Joycey & Kantaridou

Psaltou-Joycey, A., & Kantaridou, Z., (2011)  “Major, minor, and negative learning style preferences of university students”. (Journal article) In this study Psaltou-Joycey and Kantaridou attempt to link learning styles to the disciplines of the participants. Specifically, they intend to describe statistically … Continue reading

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“Plurilingualism, language learning strategy use and learning style preferences” (2009). Psaltou-Joycey & Kantaridou

Psaltou-Joycey, A., & Kantaridou, Z.,  (2009) “Plurilingualism, language learning strategy use and learning style preferences”. (Journal article) Psaltou-Joycey and Kantaridou bring to the discussion of learning autonomy the notion of multilingualism or plurilingualism. They adopt the definition of bi/multilingualism as the … Continue reading

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