Open AccessAdult Learner Multilingualism and Contributing and Hindering Factors in Acquiring Languages
Author(s) -
Rahmawati Aprilanita
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
international journal of english language teaching
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2329-7921
pISSN - 2329-7913
DOI - 10.5430/ijelt.v5n1p29
Subject(s) - multilingualism , linguistics , subject (documents) , agency (philosophy) , second language acquisition , language acquisition , foreign language , psychology , sociology , pedagogy , computer science , philosophy , social science , library science
This study focuses on multilingualism of adult learner who is learning English and Indonesia in Indonesia whichEnglish as its foreign language. The aim was to explore the factors that enables him to acquire languages in certaincontext or social environment. An adult male student (29 years old) from Comoro, South Africa was chosen for thesubject of the study. Experiences from the subject as the participant of the research are discussed, drawing on criticaltheory to understand emerging phenomena such as plasticity, Krashen’s five second language acquisition hypothesisand linguistics. The paper findings conclude that several factors such as motivations, plasticity, input, first language,agency, and age have been contributed most to the development of languages acquisition of the subject.