The Use of Compensatory Strategies by Dutch Learners of English (Studies on Language Acquisition [Sola])

Language acquisition is a human endeavor par excellence. As children, all human beings learn to understand and speak at least one language: their mother tongue. It is a process that seems to take place without any obvious effort. Second language learning, particularly among adults, causes more difficulty. The purpose of this series is to compile a collection of high-quality monographs on language acquisition. The series serves the needs of everyone who wants to know more about the problem of language acquisition in general and/or about language acquisition in specific contexts. Contents Foreword Acknowledgements 1. Introduction 2. A Survey of the Literature: Definitions and Taxonomies 3. A Survey of the Literature: Empirical Research 4. Compensatory Strategies and Communication 5. Experimental Design 6. The Identification of Compensatory Strategies 7. The Classification of Compensatory Strategies 8. The Use of Compensatory Strategies in Tasks I, III and IV 9. A Comparison of Referential Strategies in LI and L2 10. The Effectiveness of Compensatory Strategies 11. Conclusion References Appendix I. The abstract figures used in task II (from Krauss & Weinheimer, 1964) Appendix n. Instructions to tasks I, II, III and IV (translated from Dutch) Appendix III. The stories and the pictures used in task III Appendix IV. Method of transcription Appendix V. The relative use of each CpS type per task and per group Appendix VI. The York experiments (instructions, samples of the tasks, list of compensatory strategies)