An L2 subset parameter value in the grammar of L2 (G2). The verb position in the English of German Gymnasium students.

Autor/in	Weigl, Wilfried
Titel	An L2 subset parameter value in the grammar of L2 (G2). The verb position in the English of German Gymnasium students.
Quelle	In: Fremdsprachen lehren und lernen, 28 (1999), S. 181-200Verfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Anmerkungen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0932-6936
Schlagwörter	Empirische Forschung; Transfer; Didaktische Grundlageninformation; Deutschunterricht; Grammatik; Syntax; Transformationsgrammatik; Universalgrammatik; Verb; Wortstellung; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Zweitsprachenerwerbsforschung; Englischunterricht
Abstract	The paper investigates the acquisition of the position of the English verb by students of a (Bavarian) Gymnasium. This acquisition requires resetting the verb movement parameter from a 'superset' to a 'subset' value. Holding that the Subset Principle is inoperative in L2, and that G1 [= grammar of L1] is strongly effective ('transfer'), this resetting was assumed to be difficult, with the difficulty reflected in the span of time required and in the percentage of learners that fail to achieve it. This assumption was verified by the results of a test: The verb movement property 'Verb in AGR' had been acquired by 70%, the property 'Verb in C' by only 50% of the students, with acquisition of the former growing throughout the course, acquisition of the latter not growing at all. It was concluded that the teaching of L2 needs improving. It can possibly be provided through a shaping of the input that makes the learner 'focus on form'. (Verlag).
Erfasst von	Informationszentrum für Fremdsprachenforschung, Marburg
Update	2001_(CD)