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Peer reviewedRisk, Vanessa – Language Learning Journal, 1994
Discusses the experiences of a Malaysian student studying Spanish as a Second Language in an all-female Irish secondary school, focusing on common difficulties encountered by Asian students of Romance languages. It is argued that the teaching of Romance languages often unfairly presupposes a knowledge of Latin or French on the part of learners.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Foreign Students, Grammar, Malay
