Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ356846
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1986
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Production vs. Comprehension: Differences in Underlying Competencies.
Flynn, Suzanne
Studies in Second Language Acquisition, v8 n2 p135-64 Jun 1986
Fifty-one adult Spanish speakers at three levels of ESL ability were tested in both their elicited imitation (production) and act-out (comprehension) of complex sentences that were structurally identical. Analysis of variance results indicate that production tests, not comprehension tests, principally evaluate a learner's structural knowledge. (Author/LMO)
Descriptors: Adults, Analysis of Variance, English (Second Language), Error Analysis (Language), Evaluation Methods, Interlanguage, Language Processing, Language Proficiency, Language Tests, Listening Comprehension, Phrase Structure, Pragmatics, Second Language Learning, Sentence Structure, Spanish Speaking
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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