LEARNING GERMAN AS A THIRD LANGUAGE THROUGHS ESL. STRATEGIES TO DEVELOP VOCABULARY
This article aims at revealing advantages of studying German (acquired as an L3) by a speaker who has a high level of knowledge in English (acquired as an L2). Those interested in learning German as a third language through ESL may benefit from a set of facilities that could fasten the process of le...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nicolae Titulescu University Publishing House
2016-06-01
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| Series: | Challenges of the Knowledge Society |
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| Online Access: | http://cks.univnt.ro/uploads/cks_2016_articles/index.php?dir=10_education_and_sociology%2F&download=CKS+2016_education_and_sociology_art.131.pdf |
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| Summary: | This article aims at revealing advantages of studying German (acquired as an L3) by a speaker who has a high level of knowledge in English (acquired as an L2). Those interested in learning German as a third language through ESL may benefit from a set of facilities that could fasten the process of learning vocabulary and enhance the disambiguation process in case of synonymy, false friends and pseudo-Anglicism. The approach we have adopted in the present paper is a practical one. We have appreciated that the process of assimilating German as an L3 through ESL could offer another benefit to learners, i.e. the possibility of simultaneously activating and practicing both foreign languages that they either master or intend to master. In the present paper, we are not going to refer to the influence of the socio-cultural environment1 on the learners of German as an L3 through English as a Secondary Language, as we are not going to make reference to psycholinguistic elements2 that are characteristic of third language acquisition. After explaining terminology and giving an overview of the theoretical background that we related to when writing the present article, we are going to insist on enumerating some basic strategies that could be successfully used to build and develop vocabulary in German by using English as a secondly acquired foreign language. |
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| ISSN: | 2068-7796 2068-7796 |