How Polyglots Learn Languages. Methods for Language Acquisition by Multilingual People

PROCHÁZKOVÁ, Markéta

This thesis aims to find out what methods polyglots use to acquire languages; what the time horizon of that is; what the reason for a particular choice of a language is; and how to actually become a polyglot. Therefore, the thesis will deal with polyglots and methods of language acquisition in multilingual individuals. The theoretical part will explain the terms relevant to the topic. Assumptions that may affect language learning will also be discussed. Subsequently, the types of learning styles will be analyzed, while the last part of the thesis will focus on methods of language acquisition. A questionnaire will be used for practical analysis, which will be filled in by multilingual individuals. The questions they will answer concern their nationality, mother tongue, the number of languages they speak, the order in which they learnt them, etc. Furthermore, the questionnaire will examine different types of language learning methods and based on that, the interviewers will evaluate their advantages and disadvantages. The completed questionnaires will be further analyzed and interpreted.

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