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A Multilingual Approach: Conclusions and Future Perspectives: Afterword
Author(s) -
GORTER DURK,
CENOZ JASONE
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
the modern language journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.486
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1540-4781
pISSN - 0026-7902
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-4781.2011.01203.x
Subject(s) - context (archaeology) , computer science , linguistics , multilingualism , sociology , history , philosophy , archaeology
This article summarizes the individual contributions to this special issue and discusses the advantages and implications of adopting a multilingual approach. The advantages include the possibility of examining language practices in context and providing insights about the way languages are acquired and used. This multilingual approach also opens new paths for research and language assessment and has implications for language teaching.