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Direct linkBenmamoun, Elabbas; Albirini, Abdulkafi – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2018
This study examines heritage speakers' knowledge of Standard Arabic (SA) and compares their patterns of SA acquisition to those of learners of SA as second/foreign language (L2). In addition, the study examines the influence of previously acquired language varieties, including Colloquial Arabic (QA), on SA acquisition. To this end, the study…
Descriptors: Language Variation, Semitic Languages, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Peer reviewedBardovi-Harlig, Kathleen; Bofman, Theodora – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1989
A study examined the relationship between syntactic complexity and overall accuracy in the written English of 30 advanced learners of English from five different native language groups. Results show similar patterns of error distribution, a similar level of relative strength in syntax, and relative weakness in morphology. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Adult Students, Advanced Students, Arabic, Chinese
