Lengo Nsakala
List of John Benjamins publications for which Lengo Nsakala plays a role.
Articles
2002 Approximations in impromptu interlanguage ITL - International Journal of Applied Linguistics 137/138, pp. 301–312 | Article
This paper deals with approximations in the impromptu speech of Congolese students of English. The paucity of vocabulary knowledge prompts foreign language learners to fall back on readily accessible resources in spontaneous speech, such as approximations. The latter are characteristic of an… read more
1994 Code-Mixing as a Communication Strategy in the Speech of Zaïrean Students of English ITL - International Journal of Applied Linguistics 103/104, pp. 113–134 | Article
The lack of balance between foreign language students' competence and the communicative demands imposed on them prompts them to resort to communication strategies, one of which is code-mixing. This strategy with Zaïrean students is mostly characterized by the influence of French (rather than their… read more