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https://doi.org/10.15516/cje.v19i4.2368

The Relationship between L1/L2 Literacy and L3 Acquisition

Laleh Moghtadi ; Department of Foreign Languages, Nourabad Mamasani Branch, Islamic Azad University


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Abstract

The present study examined the role of L1 and L2 literacy in the acquisition of English (L3) relative clauses. It was based on a correlational research design and included 100 female high school students from two educational districts of Tabriz (an Azeri-speaking city in Iran). The Oxford Solutions Placement Test, a questionnaire, and two syntactic structure tests were administered to the participants. The statistical analyses revealed: (1) no significant correlation between the bilinguals' level of literacy skills in their L1 and their acquisition of English (L3) relative clauses; (2) a significant correlation between the bilinguals' level of literacy skills in their L2 and their acquisition of English (L3) relative clauses.

Keywords

bilingualism; first and second language; literacy skills; third language acquisition

Hrčak ID:

193778

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/193778

Publication date:

29.12.2017.

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