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2023 - Volume 7 - Number 1

Learning Strategies Used by Japanese Native Students to Learn Spanish

Sandra Pamela García Jiménez
University of Guanajuato, Division of Social Sciences and Humanities, Guanajuato, MEXICO

Open Journal for Psychological Research, 2023, 7(1), 25-34 * https://doi.org/10.32591/coas.ojpr.0701.04025g
Received: 10 December 2022 ▪ Revised: 24 March 2023 ▪ Accepted: 10 July 2023

LICENCE: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

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ABSTRACT:
Language learning strategies are used for a better organization of information and acquisition of a language. Spanish has become one of the most spoken languages nowadays thanks to globalization. As well, the relationship between Japan and Mexico has grown over the years thanks to the development of Japanese companies located in Mexico. Therefore, it is of interest how two languages so different from each other can be learned. This research seeks to find the most used learning strategies to reduce the complications of studying Spanish as a native Japanese learner.

KEY WORDS: second language acquisition, language learning strategies, language interference.

CORRESPONDING AUTHOR:
Sandra Pamela García Jiménez, University of Guanajuato, Division of Social Sciences and Humanities, Guanajuato, MEXICO.

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