O impacto da consciência metalinguística na aprendizagem de uma língua terceira

Abstract

This article focusses on the research undertaken in our PHD study (Ribeiro 2021) and aims to spread some of the results related to the learning of third languages. Third language learners’ Language Awareness, their view about the roles of other languages in the learning of German as a third language, particularly English, are central issues. The differences between the mother tongue and foreign languages, their acquisition and learning processes and how these differences impact on the learning of a further third language will be analysed. The criteria determining which language suits as a resource in the learning of a specific foreign language will also be analysed.Bearing this theoretical framework in mind, we will, then, present our empirical study. First, we are going to characterise the students who took part in our study and the methodological instruments used to collect the data. Afterwards, we will present and analyse the data.