Some Factors in the Acquisition of the Present Subjunctive in Spanish: A Re-Analysis.

Stokes, Jeffery; Krashen, Stephen

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ERIC Number: EJ413372

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1990

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Some Factors in the Acquisition of the Present Subjunctive in Spanish: A Re-Analysis.

Stokes, Jeffery; Krashen, Stephen

Hispania, v73 n3 p805-06 Sep 1990

Multiple regression analysis of data regarding college students' oral proficiency in using the present subjunctive after residence in a Spanish-speaking country found a significant positive relationship between length of residence and subjunctive proficiency, and a nonstatistically significant positive relationship between formal study and subjunctive proficiency. (CB)

Descriptors: Higher Education, Language Enrichment, Language Proficiency, Multiple Regression Analysis, Oral Language, Second Language Learning, Spanish, Tenses (Grammar)

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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