Tutored-L2 acquisition of English by German students
1976-1980
The purpose of this project was to provide data in order to determine
whether and to what extent the developmental structures in tutored L2
acquisition parallel these of non-tutored L2 acquisition.
Data were collected by following and recording every English period
taught to a beginners' class of 10-11 year-old German students for the
first 8 months of English instruction.
The focus was on phonology, inflectional morphology, early syntax, and
some aspects of the lexicon.
No evidence was found to suggest that the two acquisitional types were
subject to different developmental structures.
Principal collaborators: S. Felix, D. Lange, A. Schröder, U. Puls