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Myles, Florence – Language Learning & Language Teaching (MS), 2012
The purpose of this chapter is to investigate how complexity, accuracy and fluency interact in early L2 development, when learners' linguistic means are underdeveloped. Learners then resort to rote-learned formulaic sequences to complement their current grammar when it is unable to meet their communicative needs. The interplay between their…
Descriptors: Linguistics, Semantics, Interlanguage, Synchronous Communication
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Myles, Florence; Hooper, Janet; Mitchell, Rosamond – Language Learning, 1998
Investigates the role in learning of rote-learned formulas or chunks. Data were examined from a longitudinal study of 16 child beginner classroom learners of French for occurrences of three chunks, against which definitional criteria were tried out. These forms were then tracked for two years to chart their breakdown and explore their contribution…
Descriptors: Children, Classroom Environment, Communicative Competence (Languages), French