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Peer reviewedPeters, George F. – Unterrichtsprax, 1970
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, English, German, Grammar
Peer reviewedSadler, J. D. – Classical World, 1970
Descriptors: English, Etymology, Grammar, Language Instruction
Buyssens, Eric – Yelmo, 1973
Conclusion of a two-part article on the verb in English. Reprinted from Belgian journal Equivalences,'' n1 1972. (DS)
Descriptors: English, English Instruction, Idioms, Language Instruction
Pattison, Bruce – TESOL Quart, 1969
Essentially a discussion of Ralph H. Walker's "Teaching the Present Perfect Tenses, which appeared in "TESOL Quarterly vol. 1, no. 4, December 1967. (FWB)
Descriptors: English, English (Second Language), Language Instruction, Pattern Drills (Language)
Peer reviewedVizmuller, Jana – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1979
Provides guidelines for the teaching of aspect in the Italian verb system. (AM)
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, English, Grammar, Italian
Fenn, Peter – Neusprachliche Mitteilungen, 1978
Discusses the semantic functions of the English future formations: "will/shall,""to be going to," and the present tense. Points out that these all have modal as well as temporal significance, making the traditional teaching of the English future imprecise and misleading. (IFS/WGA)
Descriptors: English, English (Second Language), Language Instruction, Semantics
De Martino, Giovanni – Rassegna Italiana di Linguistica Applicata, 1978
This article intends to point out the inadequacy of descriptions of certain categories of English grammar, giving special attention to the category of the "ing" form. (CFM)
Descriptors: English, English (Second Language), Grammar, Language Instruction
Peer reviewedSchipporeit, Luise; Strothmann, F. W. – Unterrichtsprax, 1970
Descriptors: Case (Grammar), Charts, English, German
Peer reviewedGustus, Ingrid L. – Unterrichtsprax, 1970
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, English, Form Classes (Languages), German
Peer reviewedCook, Walter A. – TESOL Quarterly, 1978
English modal verbs constitute a problem for the student of English as a foreign language. This study presents a methodology for a systematic presentation of the meaning of modal verbs. The modals "can,""may,""must," and "have to" are studied. (SW)
Descriptors: English, English (Second Language), Grammar, Language Instruction
Thievananthampillai, K. – IRAL, 1970
The chief learning problems are seen to be in the formation of interrogative sentences, conditional sentences, passive construction, the use of indirect speech, and the use of could," might," should," and would." (FB)
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, English, English (Second Language), Language Instruction
Peer reviewedSwan, Oscar – Slavic and East European Journal, 1977
Four distinct cases of the Russian imperfective-completive are examined, focusing on typical non-negated past-tense uses. One suggestion for improving the teaching of aspect is to draw simple parallels between English and Russian verb systems, both of which consist of the three aspectualities "completive,""habitual," and…
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, English, Grammar, Language Instruction
Peer reviewedFullerton, G. Lee – Unterrichtspraxis, 1977
The property that determines which present infinitives can occur with subjectively used modals in German is identified. It is suggested that students be told to use modals subjectively with present infinitives only if the corresponding English sentence does not require the main verb to be progressive. (SW)
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, English, German, Grammar
Peer reviewedMcGranahan, William J. – Russian Language Journal, 1976
Compares consonant mutations in English and Russian, and proposes a method for teaching these mutations to students of Russian as a second language. (CHK)
Descriptors: Consonants, Contrastive Linguistics, English, Language Instruction
Makino, Seiichi – Journal of the Association of Teachers of Japanese, 1974
Revised version of a paper read at the Annual Conference of Asian Studies on the Pacific Coast, June 14, 1973, Vancouver, Canada. (DD)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Distinctive Features (Language), English, Japanese
