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A paper suggests that when advanced learners get stuck, they often build new, target-like words using patterns from their native language. For teaching, this means feedback can focus on recurring repair strategies rather than treating each form as an isolated mistake.

Resumo para não especialistas Quando se aprende uma língua estrangeira, é natural compará-la com a língua materna, aquela que falamos onde vivemos. Essa comparação pode, às vezes, levar a dificuldades no aprendizado.

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