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Is There a "Natural Sequence" in Adult Second Language Learning?

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Bailey, Nathalie; And Others – Language Learning, 1974

A test administered to 73 adults learning English as a second language revealed a highly consistent order of relative difficulty in the use of eight functors across different language backgrounds. This study also confirmed earlier results indicating that children and adults use common strategies and process linguistic data similarly. (Author/KM)

Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, English (Second Language), Error Analysis (Language), Error Patterns