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Escobar-Álvarez, M. Ángeles – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2017
This article examines the second language acquisition (SLA) of Spanish dative clitics in clitic doubling (CLD) structures that are closely related to the double object construction (DOC) in English and Dutch. It also addresses the question of how adult English and Dutch speakers learning L2 Spanish in a formal setting develop knowledge and use of…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Spanish, Native Language, Transfer of Training
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Geist, Monika – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2017
Noticing plays an important role for second language acquisition. Since the formulation of the output hypothesis (Swain, 1985), it has been proven that producing output can lead to noticing. Studies on noticing have revealed little focus on grammar, and an in-depth investigation of grammar noticing has not been conducted so far. Studies into…
Descriptors: Grammar, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Writing (Composition)
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Amenós-Pons, José; Ahern, Aoife; Gujarro-Fuentes, Pedro – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2017
This paper examines the process of acquiring L2s that are closely related to the L1 through data on how adult French speakers learning L2 Spanish in a formal setting develop knowledge and use of past tenses in this L2. We consider the role of transfer and simplification in acquiring mental representations of the L2 grammar, specifically in the…
Descriptors: Native Language, French, Transfer of Training, Spanish