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Testing the Transfer Paradigm in Second Language Learning: The Case of Spelling Skills.
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Rodriguez-Brown, Flora V. – 1987
A study investigated the language transfer hypothesis in the specific area of second-language spelling. Data collected from 84 secondary school students learning Spanish as a second language show that in general, performance in English spelling is the best predictor of performance in Spanish spelling. Other variables included performance on a…
Descriptors: Context Clues, Decoding (Reading), Learning Strategies, Linguistic Theory