Questionnaire: Case Study of a Multilingual
Please answer the following questions with the answer that fits you best. This questionnaire
touches only on the base questions for the case study. Detailed questions were asked during
the interview. Please highlight your answers in Red.
1-How many languages do you speak fluently?
A- 3
B- 4
C- 5
D- 6
2-What languages do you speak? List all of them below on the line.
Somali, Swedish, English, German. Some French and Arabic.
3-Are there any languages you found hard to learn…? if so, write down which ones.
A- Yes
B- No
French and Arabic
4- Can you recognize a native accent from a non-native one in the languages you are fluent
in?
A- Yes, always.
B- Yes, for the most part.
C- No.
5-What country were you raised in?
Sweden
6-Was there learning support at home/school?
A- Home only.
B- School only.
C- Both.
7-What languages do you parents speak?
Somali, Swedish and English
8-Did you interact frequently with the native speakers in the country you were raised?
Yes all the time. It made understanding Swedish easier.
9- Is switching between languages easy or hard?
A- Easy
B- Hard
10- How often do you forget words in the languages you speak?
A- Frequently
B- Barely
C- Never
11-Has learning multiple languages made you more creative?
A- Yes
B- No
C- I Don’t know
12- Are you a social person?
A- Yes
B- No
13- Are you able to make grammatical observations on the languages you know fluently
from an outsiders perspective?
A- Yes
B- No