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Peer reviewedCarroll, Susanne; Swain, Merrill – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1993
The relative effects of various types of negative feedback on the acquisition of the English dative alternation by 100 adult Spanish-speaking learners of English as a Second Language were investigated. Results suggest that adult learners can and do use feedback to learn specific and abstract linguistic generalizations. (75 references) (Author/LB)
Descriptors: Adult Students, English (Second Language), Error Correction, Feedback
