I read a research article about a study done in the USA that compared the problems of ESL students with native speakers of English whose first dialect was significantly different from standard English. I can't remember the author, publication or year. If anyone knows of similar articles please let me know. Christine Martin _________________________________________________________________ Check out Election 2004 for up-to-date election news, plus voter tools and more! http://special.msn.com/msn/election2004.armx To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web interface at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html and select "Join or leave the list" Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/