This paper investigates the perceptions of college students and professors towards multilingualism. It discusses the impact of multilingualism on the mind, psychology and social behaviour of individuals and the economic impact of multilingualism in the job market. It also analyses the results of a survey filled by 52 students (38 females and 17 males) and interviews with professors from The English Department and The Language Centre in Sultan Qaboos University. The main aspects that the data collection process include are the perceptions towards the advantages of multilingualism, the problems that hinder maintaining and learning additional languages, and the need to fostering multilingualism in local higher education institutions, specifically SQU.

This paper investigates the perceptions of college students and professors towards multilingualism. It discusses the impact of multilingualism on the mind, psychology and social behaviour of individuals and the economic impact of multilingualism in the job market. It also analyses the results of ...