A qualitative analysis of the interlanguage found in compulsory secondary education students in the Canary Islands

  1. Bazo Martínez, Plácido
Journal:
Revista Canaria de Estudios Ingleses

ISSN: 0211-5913

Year of publication: 2001

Issue: 43

Pages: 209-218

Type: Article

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Abstract

This article describes a research project carried out in the Canary Islands in order to analyse the interlanguage found in compulsory secondary education students. The theoretical model was taken from L. Selinker’s concept of interlanguage. An analysis of fossilizations, permeability and regression was carried out under the scope of cross-linguistic transfer and taking the communication strategies into consideration