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Ferraris, Stefania – Language Learning & Language Teaching (MS), 2012
This chapter presents the results of a study on interlanguage variation. The production of four L2 learners of Italian, tested four times at yearly intervals while engaged in four oral tasks, is compared to that of two native speakers, and analysed with quantitative CAF measures. Thus, time, task type, nativeness, as well as group vs. individual…
Descriptors: Native Speakers, Statistical Analysis, Second Language Learning, Longitudinal Studies
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Stengers, Helene; Boers, Frank; Housen, Alex; Eyckmans, June – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching (IRAL), 2011
This paper investigates the extent to which productive use of formulaic sequences by intermediate students of two typologically different languages, i.e., English and Spanish, is associated with their oral proficiency in these languages. Previous research (e.g., Boers et al., "Language Teaching Research" 10: 245-261, 2006) has shown that…
Descriptors: Evidence, Second Language Learning, Language Patterns, English (Second Language)