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Luts, Nancy C. – 1991
A study sought to find the most common errors of second grade story-writers. Subjects, 96 second graders from 5 classes, wrote 3 stories each without any help from their teachers on topics chosen by the teachers ("The Funniest Thing that Ever Happened to Me,""Winter," and "My Special Holiday"). Stories were collected…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Error Patterns, Grade 2, Grammar
Burckett-Evans, Jenifer – 1980
Productive errors in the Spanish of 3 Spanish-speaking children and 115 adults learning Spanish as a second language are analyzed. The errors are organized into three categories--lexical, morphological, and syntactic--and each category is further divided according to the type of cognitive error-processing strategy shown: simplification, reduction…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Children, Error Analysis (Language)
Download full textSaveleva, Melinda – 1990
It is commonly believed that the quality of original cataloging on OCLC (Online Computer Library Center) and RLIN (Research Libraries Information Network) significantly differs. Past stereotypes reflected the fact that OCLC traditionally emphasized increasing the size of the database, while RLIN ascribed top priority to cataloging quality. The…
Descriptors: Authority Control (Information), Bibliographic Utilities, Cataloging, Comparative Analysis
Bar-Lev, Becky – 1994
This study investigated the extent to which home exposure (HE) to the Chinese language affected the oral proficiency of students of intermediate-level college Mandarin Chinese. In fourteen hypotheses, it was predicted that HEs would perform at a higher level than would non-home-exposure students (NHEs). Students were given a simulated oral…
Descriptors: College Students, Comparative Analysis, Error Analysis (Language), Error Patterns
Dildine, Dana E. – 1994
Based on results from research on children's spelling, it has been established that spelling errors produced by ESL students in this study of 6th grade students parallels the errors of native speakers of English in the same classroom. The ESL students are also impacted by cross-linguistic influence of the phonology of their native tongue. This…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Data Interpretation, Educational Research, Elementary School Students
Carty, Maria A. – 1980
Discourse analysis has provided a methodology for the study of conversational interactions between language learner and native speaker. This study examines the verbal and nonverbal strategies that native speakers use when communicating with second language learners in natural, non-academic, "survival type" settings. The areas discussed include:…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Context Clues, Cultural Influences, Discourse Analysis
