Multilingualism Effects on PersonalDevelopment A Case Study on Master Two students of the English Department at Amar Thelidji University, Laghouat

Abstract

This research paper aims at investigating how multilingualism (or being a multilingual) can affect the individual’s personal-development plan. It seeks to find answers to whether learning/speaking foreign languages can affect three of the six areas of personal-development (Mental, Spiritual, Emotional, Social, Economical, and physical) which are the mental, social, and economical areas. The population in this study represents one case of multilinguals, Master Two students of the English department in Amar Thelidji University, Laghouat- Algeria. The sample group represents 10% of the whole population (10 Students who were selected randomly). This research is an inductive research where the descriptive and interpretive methods as well as a mixed approach were adopted for the data analysis, while the data was collected through an online questionnaire emailed to the selected sample. The main findings of this research suggest that being a multilingual affects us mentally, socially, and economically since learning new languages, according to the gathered data, makes us more optimistic, socially skilful, self-confident, and, career wise, successful. This means that Multilingualism is important and can affect our personal-development plans in different areas