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Hsueh, F. S. – 1983
Common problems encountered in teaching Chinese that involve classical, intentional malapropisms (learned errors) are discussed. Three aspects unique to Chinese are addressed: (1) since Chinese writing is logographic, some malapropisms occur because of similar graphs; (2) since many expressions come from classical Chinese, and instruction in…
Descriptors: Chinese, Error Patterns, Higher Education, Language Usage
Download full textJohnson, Ruth; Jenks, Frederick L. – 1994
A study investigated the perceptions of native English-speakers concerning the spoken grammatical and phonetic (accent) errors of non-native speakers. Speech samples were collected from three non-native speakers of English of varied linguistic backgrounds (German, Spanish, and Arabic) and one speaker of North American English. Each of the four…
Descriptors: Arabic, English (Second Language), Error Patterns, German
