Grammar Competition in Second Language Acquisition: The Case of English Non-Verbal Predicates for Indonesian L1 Speakers

by Besier and Dominik

Anybody with the chance of teaching English to Indonesian speakers should have experienced difficulties when it comes to non-verbal predicates and the placement of be. This volume looks at this matter from a grammar competition perspective.
An experiment conducted in Bandar Lampung with Indonesian learners of English identified specific error patterns. These patterns result from grammar competition between the L1 Indonesian and the L2 English...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3110766256
• ISBN13: 9783110766257
• Release Date: March 2023
• Publisher: de Gruyter Mouton
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.1"