The effects of proficiency on Spanish L2 learners’ strategic communication

• Maritza Rosas Maldonado ^[1]
  1. [1] Universidad Andrés Bello

     Universidad Andrés Bello

     Santiago, Chile

     
• Localización: Revista española de lingüística aplicada, ISSN 0213-2028, Vol. 30, no. 1, 2017, págs. 23-51
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.1075/resla.30.1.02ros
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• Resumen

  • This study investigates the effects of Spanish L2 learners’ proficiency levels on their use of communication strategies in face-to-face interactions. Spoken data was elicited by means of a task-based methodology from different level learners in interaction with other learners and Spanish NSs. Quantitative and qualitative analyses were conducted to investigate a possible association between the learners’ proficiency levels and their communication strategy use. The analysis drew on Dӧrnyei & Kӧrmos’ (1998) taxonomy. Findings indicate a higher strategy use in beginner levels, and their tendency to tackle lexis-related problems, as well as less complex grammatical features of the language. Higher level learners, however, focused more on grammar-related problems, as well as on more complex aspects of the target language.

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