Do they know what they’re doing? L2 learners’ awareness of L1 influence

Language Awareness

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 198-217

  Lightbown, Patsy M ^a   Spada, Nina ^b  

^a Civil and Environmental Engineering   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 85032068608     PISSN: 09658416     EISSN: 17477506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09658410008667146     Document Type: Article

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