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Bunton, David, Ed.; Green, Christopher F., Ed. – Institute of Language in Education Journal, 1991
Articles contained in this special issue on language usage in Hong Kong, particularly in the context of elementary and secondary education, include: "A Comparison of English Errors Made by Hong Kong Students and Those Made by Non-Native Learners of English Internationally" (David Bunton); "Errors in Guides to English Usage for Hong…
Descriptors: Chinese, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language), Error Analysis (Language)
Otsu, Yukio, Ed. – 1989
Seven original research papers are presented. The titles and authors are as follows: "Acquisition of the Argument-Structure of Verbs" (Mika Endo); "A Note on Semantic Selection" (Yoshio Endo); "The Governing Category Parameter in Second Language" (Makiko Hirakawa); "The Use of Connectives in English Academic…
Descriptors: College Students, English for Academic Purposes, English (Second Language), Error Patterns
Haillet, P., Ed.; And Others – RELIEF: Revue de linguistique et d'enseignement du francais, 1993
This document consists of the first two issues of the journal RELIEF. Each issue contains four articles. All articles deal with French second language instruction: (1) "Utiliser la presse ecrite en classe de francais-langue seconde (Using the Print Media in French Second Language Class)" (H. Canto); (2) "Une lecon de grammaire…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Discourse Analysis, Foreign Countries, French

Fisiak, Jacek, Ed. – 1985
Papers on contrastive linguistics in this volume include: "Contrastive Discourse Analysis in Language Usage" (Juliane House); "Typology and Contrastive Analysis" (Vlasta Strakova); "On the Tenability of the Notion 'Pragmatic Equivalence' in Contrastive Analysis" (Karol Janicki); "On the Relevance of Phonetic,…
Descriptors: Arabic, Classification, Cohesion (Written Composition), Comparative Analysis
Zepeda, Ofelia – 1983
A Papago grammar, intented to help Papago and other junior high, high school and college students learn and appreciate the language and give linguists an overview of the language, contains background information on the language and the book, two grammar units, a unit of five conversations in Papago, and a section of supplementary material. Text…
Descriptors: American Indian Languages, Grammar, Higher Education, Language Acquisition
Welmers, William E. – 1968
Wukari and Takum, two dialects of Jukun, are studied in this text, intended for both the trained linguist and the less trained student. The Jukun tribe is estimated to number 25,000 people living in the Benue River sections of Nigeria. Although the study is not intended to be comparative, some statements are included that indicate the patterned…
Descriptors: Adjectives, African Culture, African Languages, African Literature
Fisiak, Jacek, Ed. – 1974
This collection of 31 papers is the second resulting from the Polish-English Contrastive Project. The overall purposes of the project are to prepare a Polish-English contrastive grammar and to develop pedagogical material. The basic model used for the research is the transformational generative one. This volume is divided into three sections: (1)…
Descriptors: Adjectives, Adverbs, Comparative Analysis, Consonants
DeVere, Louise A. – 1971
It is the intent of this Master's Thesis to describe the nonstandard morphology and syntax of a representative sample of children in the Norfolk City schools. The description is organized according to the linguistic patterning of nonstandard English features and their social and ethnic distribution. The speech of both white and Negro children is…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Black Dialects, Educationally Disadvantaged, Ethnic Distribution
Burt, Marina K.; Kiparsky, Carol – 1972
This supplementary offering for English-as-a-second-language courses was prepared to help isolate and treat most of the "goofs" that students regularly make in speaking and writing English. Each error is presented in its grammatical context, and chapters are arranged on the basis of groups of errors that fall together structurally. Included are…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, English (Second Language), Form Classes (Languages), Function Words
Leaverton, Lloyd – 1971
The problem of teaching standard English reading and language skills to children who speak nonstandard dialects can be facilitated through a language program that distinguishes between "everyday talk" and "school talk," while recognizing the position of both types of speech. The instructional materials must be meaningful with respect to the…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Classroom Techniques, Educational Experiments, Language Acquisition
Peace Corps (Thailand). – 1996
The instructional materials in French are designed for use by language trainers of Peace Corps volunteers serving in francophone Tunisia, to supplement situational language and grammar instruction. A brief introductory section offers strategies for teaching verb tenses. The diverse materials that follow include lists of situational questions in…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Conversational Language Courses, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Education
Clark, Eve V., Ed.; And Others – 1989
Papers in this volume include the following: "The Structural Sources of Verb Meaning" (Lila R. Gleitman); "Acquisition of Noun Incorporation in Inuktitut" (Shanley Allen, Martha Crago); "Why Do Children Omit Subjects?" (Paul Bloom); "Acquiring Language in a Creole Setting: Theoretical and Methodological…
Descriptors: Adverbs, American Sign Language, Child Language, Chinese
Livesey, Paul, Ed.; Verma, Mahenra K., Ed. – 1989
The 25 selected papers contained in this volume reflect the current diversity of interests and research methods within the field of sociolinguistics. Titles include: "What is a Language?"; "The Unreality of Quantitative Figures"; "Addressee-Oriented Features in Spoken Discourse"; "Women's Speech, Women's…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Bilingual Education, Black Dialects, Chronological Age
White, Ronald V. – 1978
Writing exercises used as a means of reinforcing language presented and practiced in the spoken medium should include clear cues for the student that can stimulate and guide the writing of connected sentences. Three principles are suggested as being fundamental to the planning and use of effective exercises: (1) focus throughout should be on the…
Descriptors: Charts, Communication Skills, Cues, Diagrams
Ulibarri, Mari-Luci – 1969
This document presents ideas on various topics in teaching English as a second language. Some of the problems of English orthography and semantics are illustrated. The role of contrastive analysis is mentioned with Spanish-English illustrations. A list of second-language-acquisition principles and techniques is provided, and suggestions for…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Classroom Techniques, Comparative Analysis, Contrastive Linguistics