La influencia del bilingüismo en el aprendizaje de terceras lenguas

Abstract

This article presents the results of a study that was carried out with the collaboration of 39 participants from different parts of Costa Rica, mainly from the provinces of Puntarenas and San José. All of these people share as a common characteristic the fact that they know at least three languages and they are also native speakers of Spanish. The objective of this study was to know the participants’ perception towards the influence of their bilingualism when learning a third language. The article describes the opinions and experiences of this group when living this process contrasting that information with the existing theory regarding this subject.