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Publication Date: 1987
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Acquiring a New Context: Zairean Students Struggle with the Academic Mode.
Skelton, John; Pindi, Makaya
ESP Journal, v6 n2 p121-31 1987
The interlanguage of 25 Francophone Zairean students, second-year undergraduates in economics, is examined as the students attempt to write an essay in English on economics. A very high tolerance of transfer is discribed. Areas where research is needed are outlined. (Author/LMO)
Descriptors: Code Switching (Language), College Students, Communicative Competence (Languages), Developing Nations, Economics Education, English for Academic Purposes, Error Analysis (Language), Expository Writing, French, Higher Education, Interference (Language), Interlanguage, Research Needs, Vocabulary Development, Writing Processes
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Language: English
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