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Acquiring a New Context: Zairean Students Struggle with the Academic Mode.

Skelton, John; Pindi, Makaya – ESP Journal, 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