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Modified Input as an Aid to Comprehension

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 November 2008

Ken Kelch
Ken Kelch
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University of Hawaii at Manoa
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Much work in the field of second language acquisition (SLA) has focused on the linguistic adjustments made by native speakers (NSs) when speaking to non-native speakers (NNSs) of that language. Modifications of speech to NNSs are usually assumed to be an attempt to make the target language more comprehensible. The study of second language teachers' classroom discourse has contributed to a thorough description of such modifications, which in general may be termed foreigner talk (FT).

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Studies in Second Language Acquisition , Volume 7 , Issue 1 , February 1985 , pp. 81 - 90
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1985

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