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Publication details [#10396]

Zobl, Helmut. 1977. The forms of interference: Some evidence for a complexity metric in foreign language learning. In Molony, Carol H., Helmut Zobl and Wilfried Stölting, eds. Deutsch im Kontakt mit anderen Sprachen/German in contact with other languages. Scriptor. pp. 307–317.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

foreign language acquisition | language interference | translating

Annotation

Z. argues that the correct and mistaken interlingual identifications in classroom translating exercises provide evidence for a learning strategy whereby the more simple is acquired first.