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Shi, Yujie. (2020). A questionnaire-based survey on the multilingual use of college students in minority areas. The Linguistic Association of Korea Journal, 28(2), 57-68. Language is one of the essential means of communication that makes multilingualism has been closely related with sociolinguistics. The research of language use can provide information to teachers about learners needs and behaviors to the learning and teaching process and to give some support for the use of different languages. From the perspective of language life, this study investigates the multilingual use of 645 college students of foreign language college in Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture through the method of literature review, questionnaire and statistical analysis to understand the linguistic situation and find out the reasons behind this situation. The study shows that students have the highest score on language use of Chinese language and language usage is affected by grade, major, ethnicity and educational background of parents. This study may contribute to enriching the relevant theories about multilingual use in minority areas abroad, providing practical experience for multilingual use in minority areas and the construction of multilingual, multicultural and harmonious language living environment.

# multilingual use # college students # minority areas

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