The Direct Object: Difficulties of Identification and Use in L2 Learning Cover Image

LE COMPLEMENT OBJET : RELEVÉ DES DIFFICULTÉS D’IDENTIFICATION ET D’EMPLOI EN SITUATION D’APPRENTISSAGE D’UNE L2
The Direct Object: Difficulties of Identification and Use in L2 Learning

Author(s): M. Isabel González-Rey
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Editura Universitaria Craiova
Keywords: objects of the verb; terminology; meta-language

Summary/Abstract: The lack of an exact terminological correspondence between the grammatical systems of French and Spanish when designating the objects of the verb, as well as the different interpretations of the clitics that substitute them in both languages, can cause difficulty for students in their identification and use. We will tackle the study comparing these two systems from the perspective of students learning a foreign language (L2), in order to shed light on the problems that meta-language and different theoretical approaches in the construction of a grammatical knowledge pose for students

  • Issue Year: 2013
  • Issue No: 1-2
  • Page Range: 70-89
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: French