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Textbook Grammar: Does It Reflect Native Speaker Speech?

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Glisan, Eileen W.; Drescher, Victor – Modern Language Journal, 1993

A study examined the occurrence of specific grammatical structures (double object pronouns, nominalization with "lo," demonstrative adjectives/pronouns, and possessive adjectives/pronouns) in oral samples of native speaker Spanish and compared the results with the treatment of the structures in six beginning-level college Spanish textbooks.…

Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Grammar, Higher Education, Language Patterns

The Effect of Error Correction on L2 Grammar Knowledge and Oral Proficiency.

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Dekeyser, Robert M. – Modern Language Journal, 1993

The efficiency of oral error correction was investigated as a function of 35 Dutch-speaking high school seniors' individual characteristics of aptitude, motivation, anxiety, and previous achievement. Results were mixed but generally suggest that error correction does not lead to across-the-board improvement of achievement. (Contains 55…

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Error Correction, Foreign Countries, Grammar