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Learner Language Proficiency

Learner Language Proficiency is a construct in applied linguistics that denotes the degree to which a language learner has attained mastery of linguistic forms, communicative functions, and discourse competencies in a target language, as evidenced in learner language data and systematically differentiated from native speaker norms and developmental stages.

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Learner Strategies in Language Learning

Madeline Ehrman, Anita L. Wenden, Joan Rubin · Modern Language Journal · 1990 · 1.5K citations

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Foreign Accent, Comprehensibility, and Intelligibility in the Speech of Second Language Learners

Murray J. Munro, Tracey M. Derwing · Language Learning · 1995 · 1.5K citations

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Developing Literacy in Second-Language Learners: Report of the National Literacy Panel on Language-Minority Children and Youth.

Diane August, Timothy Shanahan · 2006 · 1.3K citations

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International students in English-speaking universities

Maureen Snow Andrade · Journal of Research in International Education · 2006 · 1.1K citations

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ACCENT, INTELLIGIBILITY, AND COMPREHENSIBILITY

Tracey M. Derwing, Murray J. Munro · Studies in Second Language Acquisition · 1997 · 879 citations

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  1. BR
    Barry R. Chiswick

    University of Illinois Chicago, United States

    18 publications · 1.3K citations

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  2. PW
    Paul W. Miller

    The University of Western Australia, Australia

    13 publications · 1.1K citations

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  3. KS
    Kazuya Saito

    University College London, United Kingdom

    11 publications · 802 citations

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  4. CD
    Christian Dustmann

    University College London, United Kingdom

    9 publications · 1.4K citations

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  5. JH
    Jan H. Hulstijn

    University of Amsterdam, Netherlands

    10 publications · 1.7K citations

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  1. Pennsylvania State University

    State College, United States

    23 h-index

    41 publications

    4.5K citations

  2. The University of Melbourne

    Melbourne, Australia

    23 h-index

    46 publications

    4.4K citations

  3. York University

    Toronto, Canada

    21 h-index

    47 publications

    5.3K citations

  4. University of California, Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, United States

    21 h-index

    45 publications

    2.4K citations

  5. Radboud University Nijmegen

    Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    20 h-index

    46 publications

    3.1K citations

  6. University of Amsterdam

    Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    20 h-index

    42 publications

    4.3K citations

  7. Educational Testing Service

    Princeton, United States

    20 h-index

    87 publications

    2.7K citations

  8. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    19 h-index

    53 publications

    5K citations

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  1. Language Learning

    85 publications · 9.6K citations

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  2. Modern Language Journal

    MLJ · 79 publications · 10.4K citations

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  3. Language Testing

    72 publications · 5.6K citations

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  4. TESOL Quarterly

    59 publications · 7.1K citations

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  5. Foreign Language Annals

    FLA · 72 publications · 5.1K citations

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