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English-speaking learners of Spanish encounter great difficulties in acquiring the uses of the verbs ser and estar. The present study presents some traditional analyses of these verbs. The researcher tested university students' understanding of the target forms via comprehension and production tests. Results of the investigation lend some empirical support to the claim that learners progress through identifiable stages in second language acquisition. Pedagogical implications are also discussed. RESUMEN: Los estudiantes de espanol angloparlantes encuentran grandes dificultades en adquirir los usos de los verbos ser y estar. En este estudio, se presentan algunos analisis de estos verbos. El investigador examino a estudiantes universitarios en su comprension de estas formas a traves de examenes en comprension y produccion. Los resultados de la investigacion prestan apoyo empirico a la propuesta de que los estudiantes pasan por etapas identificables en la adquisicion de una segunda lengua. El trabajo tambien presenta varias implicaciones pedagogicas para la didactica de estos verbos. Palabras claves: adquisicion de lenguas, pedagogia, ser y estar, etapas de adquisicion

To be or to be: the dilemma of copula choice for beginning-level learners of spanish