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Variation synchronique des taux d'exactitude

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Date

1994

Authors

Dewaele, Jean-Marc

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Publisher

Mouton Publishers

Abstract

This paper examines the effect of formality in 3 different situations on the oral production of advanced French interlanguage. An analysis of the morphological and lexical systems of 39 Dutch-speaking students revealed that, contrary to predictions (Tarone, 1988, 1992), the more formal situation does not lead to higher accuracy rates. On the contrary, a small but significant decrease in global morpholexical accuray rates was observed in the extracts produced in the more formal situation. This rather surprising pattern was explained using Levelt's (1989) monitor theory. An ANOVA allowed for the identifcation of the sociobiographical factors that determine interindividual variation in accuracy rates.

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Keywords

French as a Foreign Language, Stylistic Variation, Belgium, Foreign Language Acquisition, Foreign Language Variation, French

Citation

International Review of Applied Linguistics, 32(4) 275-300