(120-C-1)

Fill in the blanks with the correct tenses and aspects of the given verbs. You need to change the verb into the passive form in some cases.

Influence of the First Language It is plausible to propose that second-language (L2) learners who differ in their first language (L1) select differently from the taxonomy of communication strategies. Undoubtedly the form of certain strategies will change a function of the speaker's first language, particularly for such strategies as conscious transfer. But do learners from different languages backgrounds select differently from the strategies? Tarone's study (31) (include) three learners from each of three language backgrounds and found no tendencies for these language backgrounds to lead to different patterns of selection. Larger samples, however, may reveal more systematic patterns