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An Interactionist Approach to L2 Sentence Interpretation.

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Gass, Susan M. – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1986

Deals with the issue of sentence processing in a second language (L2) showing how L2 learners resolve the problem of competing factors of syntax, semantics, and pragmatics in the processing of L2 utterances. The results of a study involving sentence interpretation by L2 learners of English are presented. (Author/SED)

Descriptors: Adults, English (Second Language), Error Analysis (Language), Interaction

Production vs. Comprehension: Differences in Underlying Competencies.

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Flynn, Suzanne – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1986

Fifty-one adult Spanish speakers at three levels of ESL ability were tested in both their elicited imitation (production) and act-out (comprehension) of complex sentences that were structurally identical. Analysis of variance results indicate that production tests, not comprehension tests, principally evaluate a learner's structural knowledge.…

Descriptors: Adults, Analysis of Variance, English (Second Language), Error Analysis (Language)