Goofing: An Indicator of Children's Second Language Learning Strategies.

Dulay, Heidi C.; Burt, Marina K.

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Publication Date: 1972

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Goofing: An Indicator of Children's Second Language Learning Strategies

Dulay, Heidi C.; Burt, Marina K.

Language Learning, 22, 2, 235-252, Dec 72

Revised and abridged version of You Can't Learn without Goofing (An Analysis of Children's Second Language Errors')'' to appear in Jack Richards (ed.), Error Analysis -- Perspectives in Second Language Acquisition,'' (Longmans). A goof'' is a productive error made during the language learning process. (RS)

Descriptors: Child Language, Contrastive Linguistics, Error Patterns, Interference (Language), Language Universals, Learning Strategies, Linguistic Theory, Second Language Learning, Tables (Data)

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