Publication details
E-Mail an einen Freund (Studie III)
| Title in English | E-mail to a friend (Study III) |
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| Year of publication | 2013 |
| Type | Chapter of a book |
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| Description | Chapter 12 evaluates the Study III on the task E-mail to a friend evaluating texts written by 59 learners by analysing the macro- and micro-structural elements and their implementation. The evaluation demonstrates that though transfer indeed often cannot be detected directly, especially because there is no reflection whatsoever on this particular type of text in L1 classes, it can be assumed, however, that there is a reciprocal (i.e., also from L3 and/or L2 on L1) transfer, particularly apparent from the fact that the learners are very skillful in the use of appropriate compensatory strategies with which they finally reach the desired goal, given partial deficits in foreign language skills. This proves that the learners write highly task-oriented and are precisely aware of the features the desired product ought to have; that is why they search for appropriate implementation possibilities. To reach this, they employ both their reflected knowledge and unconscious strategies resulting from the total of their writing experiences. |
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