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Yamchi, Roghayeh; Kumar, Vishal – English Language Teaching, 2016
The main concern of the present study was to compare Iranian monolingual and bilingual EFL students' listening comprehension in terms of Latinized Persian subtitling of English movie to see whether there was a significant difference between monolinguals and bilinguals on immediate linguistic comprehension of the movie. Latinized Persian subtitling…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Analysis, Monolingualism, Bilingualism
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Keshavarz, Mohammad H.; Ghamoushi, Masoume – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2014
Some researchers argue that linguistic knowledge of one's native language facilitates the acquisition of additional languages (see, for example, Cenoz & Valencia, 1994; Grenfell & Harris, 2006; Hakuta, 1990; Keshavarz & Astaneh, 2004). To contribute to this line of research, the present study investigated the probability of significant…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Metacognition, Reading Strategies, Bilingualism
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Shooshtari, Zohreh Gooniband – English Language Teaching, 2009
The purpose of this study was two-fold: it primarily intended to incorporate some insights into the newly-explored field of L3A: secondly, it aimed to highlight the significance of translation as a valid language activity in exploring the native language influence on non-native language acquisition process. To this end, it investigated the…
Descriptors: Translation, Second Language Learning, Multilingualism, Syntax