This paper reports on a pilot study examining how Chinese-speaking learners of English reset the non-empty topic [-Te] parameter. Whereas Chinese allows empty topics coindexed with variables in both subject and object positions, English does not. With respect to this particular parameter, Chinese can be said to form a superset of English as the…

An analysis of utterances made by children and teachers in Norwegian day care centers over a period of several years suggests that from a communicative and functional viewpoint, young children's use of language depends on: (1) the kind of play activitiy; and (2) the preschool teacher's participation and language, which reflects her attitude and…

The papers include: "Applied Linguistics and Comunicative Language Teaching" (Christopher Brumfit); "Evaluation of the East Midlands Graded Assessment Feasibility Study" (Elaine S. Freedman); "Aspects of Standardisation within a Communicative Assessment Syllabus" (Nicola Lees); "Experimenting with…

This introductory unit to the exploratory language program, "Around the World," developed in South Carolina discusses the nature of language and so provides a framework in which to fit subsequent learning. It seeks to make students aware of the language they already use unconsciously. In line with this goal, it is divided into categories of…

A study of children's syntax from a transformational perspective was initiated to explore the following areas: syntactic differences between narrative, descriptive, expository, and argumentative writing, and the relation of these differences to IQ, sex, and reading comprehension; the relation of syntax content; and the relation of children's…

IT IS THE AUTHOR'S PURPOSE IN THIS BOOKLET TO HELP TEACHERS AND CURRICULUM SPECIALISTS UNDERSTAND WHY LINGUISTICS IS SO IMPORTANT AND TO UNDERSTAND ITS APPLICATIONS IN THE CLASSROOM. THE READER IS ALSO INTRODUCED TO THE HISTORY, TECHNICAL VOCABULARY, AND PRESENT STATUS OF RESEARCH AND THEORY IN LINGUISTICS AND ENCOURAGED TO CONTINUE SELF-STUDY IN…

THIS PACKET OF MATERIALS PUBLISHED FROM 1964 TO 1967 CONTAINS ITEMS OF HISTORICAL AND THEORETICAL INTEREST AS WELL AS SOME WHICH PROVIDE ADVICE ON CLASSROOM TEACHING AND LEARNING. INCLUDED ARE--(1) "A LINGUISTIC GUIDE TO LANGUAGE LEARNING" BY WILLIAM G. MOULTON, (2) "WORDS, MEANINGS, AND CONCEPTS" BY JOHN B. CARROLL, (3) "THE IMPACT OF LINGUISTICS…

THE AIM OF THIS TENTATIVE SYLLABUS FOR TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR TEACHERS OF SPANISH IS TO INTEGRATE MORE CLOSELY THE LANGUAGE PRACTICE, APPLIED LINGUISTICS, AND METHODS ELEMENTS OF THE TRAINING COURSE AND TO RELATE THEM DIRECTLY TO THE PRACTICE ELEMENT BY THE INTRODUCTION OF MICROTEACHING. THE FIRST PART OF THIS FOUR-PART SYLLABUS IS ON APPLIED…

Four historical studies, carried out under the direction of Professor Raven I. McDavid and reported in this monograph, trace the various attitudes toward language study expressed in the journals (1911-63) of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE). For the years between 1911 and 1929, Betty Gawthrop reports a cautious questioning of the…

This study compared a grammar program using a linguistic approach with one using a traditional approach to determine how each affects children's ability (1) to construct sentences which have variety in structure, and (2) to comprehend silent reading. Five experimental and five control classes of fourth-grade children were randomly selected from…

The curricular question of educational purposes is generally answered by Language Arts Specialists in terms of the traditional language skills. Two ideas to better answer this question are proposed: Professor William E. Bull's model of the communication process and his adaptation of the mathematical Theory of Sets to language study. Bull's model…

This annotated bibliography on the teaching of modern foreign languages was prepared by the West German documentation center dealing with foreign language research. The center has an information dissemination service which closely resembles the Clearinghouse on Languages and Linguistics of the ERIC system (ERIC/CLL). This bibliography, published…

This annotated bibliography on the teaching of modern foreign languages was prepared by the West German documentation center dealing with foreign language research. The center has an information dissemination service which closely resembles the Clearinghouse on Languages and Linguistics of the ERIC system (ERIC/CLL). This bibliography, published…

This annotated bibliography on the teaching of modern foreign languages was prepared by the West German documentation center dealing with foreign language research. The center has an information dissemination service which closely resembles the Clearinghouse on Languages and Linguistics of the ERIC system (ERIC/CLL). This bibliography, published…

This annotated bibliography on the teaching of modern foreign languages was prepared by the West German documentation center dealing with foreign language research. The center has an information dissemination service which closely resembles the Clearinghouse on Languages and Linguistics of the ERIC system (ERIC/CLL). This bibliography, published…