L2 Users and English Spelling.
Saved in:
| Title: | L2 Users and English Spelling. |
|---|---|
| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Cook, V. J. |
| Source: | Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development. 1997 18(6):474-488. |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 15 |
| Publication Date: | 1997 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Descriptors: | Adults, Children, Comparative Analysis, English (Second Language), Error Analysis (Language), Error Patterns, Language Tests, Native Speakers, Second Language Learning, Spelling, Surveys |
| ISSN: | 0143-4632 |
| Abstract: | Compares spelling of adult second-language English users with native children and adult first-language users, using data from 1993 NFER survey of L1 children, from a UK university English-as-a-Foreign Language test for overseas students and work by overseas students in England. Comparison showed similar error rates and distribution of errors across familiar categories of letter insertion, omission, substitution, and transposition. (Author/JL) |
| Journal Code: | CIJMAR1999 |
| Entry Date: | 1999 |
| Accession Number: | EJ568833 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | Compares spelling of adult second-language English users with native children and adult first-language users, using data from 1993 NFER survey of L1 children, from a UK university English-as-a-Foreign Language test for overseas students and work by overseas students in England. Comparison showed similar error rates and distribution of errors across familiar categories of letter insertion, omission, substitution, and transposition. (Author/JL) |
|---|---|
| ISSN: | 0143-4632 |
