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Download full textKrashen, Stephen D.; Pon, Pauline – 1975
This study focuses on a native speaker of Chinese, in her 40's, who began to learn English in her late 20's when she emigrated to the United States. It was discovered that the subject was able to self-correct nearly every error she made in casual speech when the errors were pointed out to her after their commission. Furthermore, in nearly every…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Cognitive Processes, English (Second Language), Error Analysis (Language)
