from Part IV - L3/Ln in Action
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 July 2023
Teaching in multilingual classrooms requires careful consideration of the type of learners, their background languages, acquisitional paths and current usage patterns in those languages. Morphosyntactic features causing errors for some learners can be assets for others at the same time.
We begin by illustrating several different scenarios present with heterogeneous learners, as well as influential factors associated with the acquisition and teaching of multiple languages. Next, we focus on the existing models of morphosyntactic transfer in third language acquisition to be able to discuss how these can be applied to actual teaching in the third language classroom. Then, we discuss the role of contrastive analysis and review classroom-based and classroom-relevant implications for instructed third language acquisition. In conclusion, we outline corresponding teaching- and research-related calls for action and implications for language teaching in multilingual classrooms with the main goal of bridging the gap between these current fields.
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