They left that, as they said, to 'future research', but as yet no future research seemingly has been done on that subject.

This is the contribution of this study.

Research Objective

The first step is to replicate Dulay & Burt's (1973) previous study. Times have changed. The educational system has changed. Our aim will be to test whether the 12% of syntactic errors are indeed unique, or whether their appearance is due to educational standards and particular curriculum.

Hypotheses

Our hypothesis is that educational systems generate child's comprehension and internalization of the subject. The educational system of the '70s (when the study was conducted) was quite different to that of today. Our aim will be to conduct a study that will be closely replicated on Dulay & Burt's (1973) original study. The children will be the same age. They will be extracted from the same area. The same schools (if...
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