Decoding the Multilingual Mind

Abstract

Any language is a way to discover another world with its unknown myths and stories. Through stories, language and literacy can fast forward people to a cultural scene in history by a mysterious time machine. The isolation of a historical castle near a unique peninsula right in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, with all its magical myth and beauty, physically and culturally symbolizes that both localization and contextualizing are inseparable concepts of language learning. Through these stunning and vivid moments in life, collective memories of generations pass from one century to another via incredible flashbacks of stories. Likewise, a myth about a castle in the middle of the sea, as part of the author's language learning recollection, stayed in her mind while storing her first language. Her strong will to change the endings of sad stories motivated her to write her own story along with her own ending of preference that is planned and enriched by her language learning experiences. This linguistic study reveals the fact that she has had high motives to learn the English language, which is found to be a common feature in all accomplished second language learners. Upon reflection, several significant childhood memories seem to be at the root of her motivational approach to language learning. Within the context of this autobiographical research study, her childhood memories function as data while decoding her multilingual mind during her language learning adventures.