Chapter published in:
Advancedness in Second Language Spanish: Definitions, challenges, and possibilitiesEdited by Mandy R. Menke and Paul A. Malovrh
[Issues in Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics 31] 2021
► pp. 96–114
The role of late-acquired structures in advanced oral proficiency
A consideration of complexity and variability as indicators of development
Paul A. Malovrh | University of South Carolina
Mandy R. Menke | University of Minnesota
The present chapter focuses on one aspect of
Byrnes & Ortega’s
(2008) description of advancedness; it considers the
notion of structural command, not merely in terms of accuracy, but
also the multifunctional use of late-acquired complex structures,
which we assert provides another window through which we should
observe interlanguage (IL) development and advanced oral production.
It defines late-acquired structures as those that consist of complex
(multiple) form-meaning associations and are only learned once IL
development has reached a stage in which L2 learners are able to
notice, process, and produce target language on a multifunctional
level involving multiple linguistic systems. This definition allows
us to problematize advanced grammar in terms of how we identify it
and how we understand advancedness.
Keywords: L2 Spanish, advanced proficiency, late-acquired structures, concept-oriented approach
Published online: 08 February 2021
https://doi.org/10.1075/ihll.31.05mal
https://doi.org/10.1075/ihll.31.05mal
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