Journal of Applied Linguistics and Language Research Volume 5, Issue 5, 2018, pp. 138-152 Available online at www.jallr.com ISSN: 2376-760X * Correspondence: Hayder Al Hamdany, Email: hayderk.alhamdany uokufa.edu.iq © 2018 Journal of Applied Linguistics and Language Research Plurilingiusm in EFL Students in Iraq: American University Hayder Al Hamdany The University of Kufa, Najaf, Iraq Abstract The paper discusses the importance of plurilingualism in the EFL students of Iraq. It outlines on varieties of measures undertaken by Iraqi students to enhance foreign language in American University. The scenario of the study is based on the emergence of the English language becoming global language and consequences of this have impact on the learning stages of the English language among the Iraq EFL students. In order to ascertain the importance of plurilingualism in this context, this paper has discusses the effective measures such as reading newspaper, learning through Television and other measures has been adopted to validate the learning perspective of the EFL students. Finally, this paper analyses that the Iraqi students have their cultural influence in the accent and their beliefs are directed from their families who trigger them to learn Arabic language right from the birth age. This has fostered the plurilingualism in the classroom and has been presented by teachers. These perspectives have been instigated in the students who are willing to look forefront to this profession as their career opportunity. However, the EFL teaching profession has less impressive salaries. Keywords: Plurilingualism, Iraqi EFL students, American University INTRODUCTION In a multicultural and multilingual Iraq, the contribution of the languages has promoted mutual understanding and communication among people in Iraq with different nationalities. In other words, learning a language is one of the significant basic skills which each citizen should have in order actively participate in an understanding of the Iraq EFL students and it facilitates social cohesion (Moen & Middelthon, 2015). In the contemporary globalized society, language proficiency is no longer seen as monolithic. It can trajectory add to the skills of learners and teachers with ever-changing competences of both linguistic and cultural measures. Thus, it has brought to the forefront the notion of plurilingualism. Plurilingualism has directed towards new perspectives in the education of language. In Iraq, the paradigm shift from multilingualism to plurilingualism has influenced the interaction and mutual understanding of the linguistic landscape. It also tends to separate stress and advanced mastery of each language that an individual speaks (Palinkas et al.2015). Plurilingualism provides the information of the languages which are interrelated and interconnected particularly but not exclusively. Plurilingualism is a dynamic process