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Publication details [#28766]

Dupuy, Béatrice C. and Stephen Krashen. 1998. From lower-division to upper-division foreign languange classes: Obstacles to reaching the promised land. ITL 119 - 120 : 1–7.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

classroom conversation | experience | foreign language acquisition | language proficiency

Language as a subject

French | German | Spanish

Place, Publisher

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

ISBN

0019-0810

Journal WWW

benjamins.com/catalog/itl

Annotation

This paper explores the effect of outer-classroom experience on foreign language proficiency and the reaching of upper-division university foreign language classes. Examples involve Californian university students that attend advanced classes in French, German and Spanish.