ERIC Number: ED175281
Record Type: RIE
Publication Date: 1977-Jun
Pages: 10
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Strategies of Communication in ESL Learners.
Stovall, Margaret
The communication strategies of eight Spanish-speaking children enrolled in an elementary English as a second language (ESL) program in Austin, Texas were observed and analyzed. Strategies were found to be divisible into three categories: kinesic, paralinguistic, and linguistic. The linguistic strategies resulted in errors, but these are deemed incidental in the development of communicative ability in a second language. Errors produced during taped interviews differed in kind from those produced in a simulated classroom setting. A Cloze test administered to four additional older ESL students of varying backgrounds indicated an understanding of tensing and lexicon. (JB)
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Communication Skills, Communicative Competence (Languages), Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, English (Second Language), Error Analysis (Language), Grammar, Language Instruction, Language Research, Learning Processes, Nonverbal Communication, Second Language Learning, Spanish Speaking
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Speeches/Meeting Papers
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Language: English
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Note: Paper presented at the Los Angeles Second Language Research Forum (1st, Los Angeles, California, February 11-13, 1977); Appendices referred to in text were not included with original
