Second Language Proficiency Differences in the Learning of Semantically-Equivalent Bilingual Sentences.

Opoku, J. Y.

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Publication Date: 1987

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Second Language Proficiency Differences in the Learning of Semantically-Equivalent Bilingual Sentences.

Opoku, J. Y.

Applied Psycholinguistics, v8 n1 p75-84 Mar 1987

Study of native speakers of Yoruba who spoke English as a second language found that transfer of learning from one language to the other decreased with increasing proficiency in English. Transfer from Yoruba to English was higher than from English to Yoruba at lower levels of proficiency in English. (Author/CB)

Descriptors: Bilingualism, Code Switching (Language), Communicative Competence (Languages), Comparative Analysis, English (Second Language), Language Proficiency, Second Language Learning, Semantics, Sentence Structure, Transfer of Training, Uncommonly Taught Languages, Yoruba

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Language: English

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