Publications

Publication details [#9661]

Varadi, Tamas. 1980. Strategies of target language learner communication: Message adjustment. IRAL 18 : 59–71.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

adaptation | foreign language acquisition

Journal WWW

www.degruyter.de/journals/order/en.start.html

Annotation

V. presents a theoretical framework for research on the acquisition of a second language, describes the experimental techniques, and offers a preliminary analysis of the results of an experiment, suggesting the validity of the concept of 'message adjustment'.

Reprints

Faerch, Claus and Gabriele Kasper. 1983. In Faerch, Claus and Gabriele Kasper, eds. Strategies in interlanguage communication. Longman. pp. 79–99.