doi: 10.18178/IJLLL.2020.6.3.267
Mongolian Trilingual Learners’ Beliefs towards Learning English Relative Clause
Sarina Chen
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Baiyinna Wu
- College of Foreign Language, Inner Mongolia Normal University, Hohhot, China.
Abstract
The present study examined Mongolian trilinguallearners’ (Mongolian-Chinese-English) (n = 100) responses tobeliefs on learning English relative clause in order to determinethe extent to which their beliefs are consistent with majorconstructs underlying the Standards for Foreign Languageteaching of Mongolian trilingual learners. The purpose of thisstudy is to provide direction for third language education andfuture research. Analysis of the data suggests that the structureof the English relative clause is similar to Mongolian relativeclause. The Mongolian trilingual learners believe thatinstruction should be delivered either in the target language orin their mother tongue, yet not in Chinese, when they arelearning English; The development of the teaching material alsobe required in Mongolian and English.
Keywords
- Beliefs
- English relative clause
- mongoliantrilingual learners
How to Cite
Sarina Chen and Baiyinna Wu, "Mongolian Trilingual Learners’ Beliefs towards Learning English Relative Clause," International Journal of Languages, Literature and Linguistics, vol. 6, no. 3, pp. 148-154, 2020. https://doi.org/10.18178/IJLLL.2020.6.3.267
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