Acquisition of writing skills by adult migrant learners of Spanish
- Javier Chao García
- Irini Mavrou 1
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Universidad Nebrija
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Editorial: UniPa Press
ISBN: 978-88-5509-337-8, 978-88-5509-338-5
Año de publicación: 2021
Páginas: 127-149
Tipo: Capítulo de Libro
Resumen
The aim of the study was to identify the most common error types and spelling strategies in the writtenproductions of 43 adult migrant learners of Spanish who took the Diploma LETRA exam. The resultsshowed a clear prevalence of morphostructural errors and of phonetic and phonemic strategies. Length ofstay in Spain was negatively correlated with the number of morphostructural errors and the number ofwords, while age was positively correlated with the number of morphostructural and total errors. Neithergender nor education level in the first language appeared to have an influence on the linguistic variables ofthe study.