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Finnemann, Michael D. – IRAL, 1992
Reports on the results of a descriptive study of the noun phrase agreement behavior exhibited by three first-year Spanish language students during a series of oral interviews conducted over six months (two academic quarters).(13 references) (JL)
Descriptors: Individual Differences, Interviews, Introductory Courses, Learning Strategies
Politzer, Robert L. – IRAL, 1970
Advocates that information on student aptitude for foreign language learning be used not, as in the past, for determining the best general method for language teaching but rather for determining the best teaching method for particular kinds of students. (FB)
Descriptors: Aptitude, Educational Experiments, Individualized Instruction, Language Instruction
Graham, C. Ray; Belnap, R. Kirk – IRAL, 1986
Reports a study of native Spanish speakers' acquisition of the ability to discriminate lexically in English between similar items with different characteristics. The study also examined the role of first-language interference in the process. (MSE)
Descriptors: Classification, English (Second Language), Interference (Language), Interlanguage
Richardson, Bill – IRAL, 1996
Examines the spatial deictic features of Spanish, the study focuses on the topic's pedagogical implications for second- language learning and an accurate description of the contrast between Spanish and English deixis. The article concludes that there is a need to view Spanish spatial deictics as elements "in use" and to see them as…
Descriptors: Adjectives, Adverbs, Contrastive Linguistics, Diachronic Linguistics
Garcia, Erica C.; Putte, F. C. M. V. – IRAL, 1988
Analyzes the differences in usage of the Spanish preterite and imperfect by native speakers of Spanish and by nonnative speakers of Spanish whose first language is Dutch. Teaching strategies to enhance the learner's awareness of context and sequencing are suggested. (LMO)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Context Clues, Dutch, Language Teachers
Oller, John W.; Obrecht, Dean H. – IRAL, 1968
An experiment measuring the effectiveness of two procedures for presenting pattern drills was devised in order to show that pattern drills are most useful as a learning device if deliberately related to situational or meaningful content. Criteria for the selection of subjects are presented here, as are sample test items and a table of results.…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Educational Experiments, High School Students, Instructional Materials
Cenoz, Jasone; Lecumberri, Luisa Garcie – IRAL, 1999
Analyzes the effect of training on perception of English vowels by native speakers of Basque and Spanish. University students who took a training course in English phonetics completed questionnaires and vowel perception tests. Findings confirm that training exerts a positive effect on the perception of English vowels and that this effect is also…
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Basque, College Students, English (Second Language)
Delattre, Pierre – IRAL, 1963
This is the first in a series of articles on general phonetic characteristics of American English. Language research techniques of spectrographic analysis, spectrographic synthesis, articulatory motion-picture study, and statistical calculation are briefly described. Thirty-five areas of phonetic difference for comparison of English to Spanish,…
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Audio Equipment, Comparative Analysis, Consonants