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Identifying Spanish Interference in the Speech of Learners of Portuguese

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Azevedo, Milton M. – Modern Language Journal, 1978

Spanish-speaking learners of Portuguese often transfer features of Spanish language to Portuguese. Learner errors, including those caused by Spanish interference, are analyzed by contrasting Portuguese and Spanish grammar. (SW)

Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Error Analysis (Language), Grammar, Interference (Language)

Error Analysis and Error Correction in Adult Learners of English as a Second Language. Working Papers on Bilingualism, No. 13.

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White, Lydia – 1977

Twelve Spanish-speaking adults learning English as a second language were tested using the Bilingual Syntax Measure and their errors were analysed. Eight of them were subsequently presented with their errors in written form and asked to correct them. The 12 adults produced a total of 451 errors, of which 20.6% were due to interference from…

Descriptors: Adult Students, English (Second Language), Error Analysis (Language), Interference (Language)