Can metalinguistic awareness explain a connection between L1 literacy and L2 proficiency level in literate adults?

Recently, Bigelow, Delmas, Hansen, and Tarone (2006) arguedthat the differences in the oral performance of their L2 speakers(favoring the more literate ones) were probably due to their lowlevel of metalinguistic awareness (which would be a consequenceof their limited literacy). So as to contribute w...

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Main Author: Xhafaj, Donesca (author)
Other Authors: Mota, Mailce Borges (author)
Format: article
Language:por
Published: 2011
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-8026.2011n60p189
Country:Brazil
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