The cross-linguistic ability to classify content words in L1 Spanish and FL English of undergraduates at Universidad Católica Argentina, Facultad Teresa de Ávila
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Universidad FASTA. Facultad de Ciencias de la Educación
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This case study investigated the cross linguistic ability to classify content words
or nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs of undergraduates whose L1 is Spanish and
are attending an A1 English course at Universidad Católica Argentina, Facultad Teresa
de Ávila. Results confirmed that there is transfer between the ability to group content
words in the L1 and the FL, the higher the effectiveness in Spanish, the higher in
English.
Fil: Beltramino, Florencia M. Universidad FASTA. Facultad de Ciencias de la educación.
Fil: Beltramino, Florencia M. Universidad FASTA. Facultad de Ciencias de la educación.
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Cross linguistic study, Content words, Linguistic transfer