dc.contributor.author | Meriläinen, Lea | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2011-04-07T10:26:52Z | |
dc.date.available | 2011-04-07T10:26:52Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2010 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Meriläinen, L. (2010). Syntactic transfer in the written English of Finnish students: Persistent grammar errors or acceptable lingua franca English? Apples – Journal of Applied Language Studies, Volume 4 (1), pp. 51-64. Retrieved from http://apples.jyu.fi | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/26749 | |
dc.description.abstract | This paper discusses syntactic L1 influence in the learner English of Finnish students in
the light of the changed context for learning English in today’s Finland. Finns’ increased
exposure to and use of English along with communicative language teaching methods have
led to an improvement in some aspects of their English competence. However, the results of
this study show that deviant L1-induced syntactic patterns in Finnish students’ written
English during 1990-2005 have not decreased, which indicates that their mastery of these
syntactic constructions has not improved. This implies that for learners whose L1 greatly
diverges from the L2, informal learning and communicative language teaching methods
alone may be insufficient for enhancing their L2 grammatical competence. The implications
for English teaching will be discussed. | en |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.publisher | Centre for Applied Language Studies, University of Jyväskylä | |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | Apples : Journal of Applied Language Studies | |
dc.relation.uri | http://apples.jyu.fi | |
dc.title | Syntactic transfer in the written English of Finnish students : Persistent grammar error or acceptable lingua franca English? | |
dc.type | article | |
dc.identifier.urn | URN:NBN:fi:jyu-2011040710608 | |
dc.relation.issn | 1457-9863 | |
dc.relation.numberinseries | 1 | |
dc.relation.volume | 4 | |
dc.type.version | publishedVersion | |
dc.rights.copyright | © The Author(s) | |
dc.rights.accesslevel | openAccess | |
dc.format.content | fulltext | |