An Exploratory Study of Learning Behaviors and Their Relationship to Gains in Linguistic and Communicative Competence

Concepts

Language StudiesEnglish As A Second LanguageSecond Language StudiesLanguage EducationLanguage ProficiencySecond Language LearningIndividual Differences In AcquisitionLanguage LearningSecond Language AcquisitionSecond Language DevelopmentSpeaking ProficiencyAssessing L2 ProficiencyCommunicative Competence DevelopmentCommunicative LearningLanguage Proficiency EffectsLearner Individual DifferencesLearner Language ProficiencyLinguistic Competence DevelopmentStudent Language Proficiency

Abstract

Robert L. Politzer, Mary McGroarty, An Exploratory Study of Learning Behaviors and Their Relationship to Gains in Linguistic and Communicative Competence, TESOL Quarterly, Vol. 19, No. 1 (Mar., 1985), pp. 103-123

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