Teaching third languages: Findings, trends and challenges

Teaching third languages: Findings, trends and challenges

1. Researchs of multilingualism

   • Historical development -Maximilian Braun 1937 -Vidomec 1963 -Until 1990 more than one language = academic problems -1987 First book on TLA
   • Definitios and terminological challenges
     • Multilingualism include bilingual, plurilingual and polyglot
   • Diversity ol TLA
     • Simultaneous acquisition of L1/L2/L3 Consecutive acquisition L1/L2/L3 Simultaneous acquisition L2/L3 after L1 Simultaneous acquisition L1/L2 before L3
   • Current models of TLA
     • Bilingual and multilingual production models
     • The activation/inhibition model
     • The language mode hypothesis
     • The factor model
     • The multilingual processing model
     • A dynamic systems theory model of multilingalism
     • The model of multilingality

2. Sociolinguistic aspects of third language