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Publication Date: 1990
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Markedness and Learner Strategy: Form- and Meaning-Oriented Learners in the Foreign Language Context.
Finnemann, Michael D.
Modern Language Journal, v74 n2 p176-87 Sum 1990
Analysis of speech data from three adult elementary Spanish students, focusing on the acquisition of noun-phrase agreement and the copulas "ser" and "estar," revealed that learners could be classified as either form based or meaning based in terms of their strategic orientation to acquisition of the target language. (CB)
Descriptors: Adult Students, Learning Strategies, Phrase Structure, Second Language Learning, Spanish, Verbs
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Language: English
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