Acquisition of writing skills by adult migrant learners of Spanish

  1. Javier Chao García
  2. Irini Mavrou 1
  1. 1 Universidad Nebrija
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    Universidad Nebrija

    Madrid, España

    ROR https://ror.org/03tzyrt94

Book:
Languages and literacy in new migration. Research, practice, and policy

Publisher: UniPa Press

ISBN: 978-88-5509-337-8,  978-88-5509-338-5

Year of publication: 2021

Pages: 127-149

Type: Book chapter

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Abstract

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.