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At a Loss for Words: The Use of Communication Strategies to Convey Lexical Meaning.
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Corrales, Olga; Call, Mary Emily – Foreign Language Annals, 1989
A study investigated communication strategies used to express lexical meaning in English by two groups (intermediate and advanced) of Spanish-speaking adult learners of English-as-a-Second-Language. Both structured and unstructured tasks were used to assess interlanguage development vis-a-vis proficiency, and results indicated that the…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Communicative Competence (Languages), Difficulty Level, English (Second Language)