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Peer reviewedAllen, Edward D. – Foreign Language Annals, 1984
Discusses research on secondary school students' language communication strategies. Shows that despite grammatical errors and limited vocabulary, even second year students can understand each other and are able to use paraphrases and circumlocutions. (EKN)
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), French, High School Students, Junior High School Students
Wigdorsky-Vogelsang, Leopoldo – 1978
This work is intended to find replies to practical questions, such as how well native speakers of Spanish are decoded by native speakers of English, which errors interfere with decoding by the listener, and what the implications of the study might be for teaching. Fifteen Chileans were asked to tell stories in English, and several panels of native…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Comprehension, English, English (Second Language)
