Question Tags in Everyday English.

Mohan, Tom

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Publication Date: 1977

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Question Tags in Everyday English

Mohan, Tom

Zielsprache Englisch, 1, 38-39, 77

Observing that foreign learners of English rarely use question tags in normal conversation, whereas native speakers of English make great use of them, the article recommends greater attention to question tags in teaching English as a foreign language. (IFS/WGA)

Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Instruction, Language Usage, Questioning Techniques, Second Language Learning, Sentence Structure, Syntax

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