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Caminiti, M. Grazia – Rassegna Italiana di Linguistica Applicata, 1979
Discusses a method that enables students of English to classify and organize their lexical capital by using triangles to diagram sentences. How to inscribe a sentence in a triangle is explained and illustrated. (CFM)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Grammar, Language Instruction, Second Language Learning

Thomas, Ursula – Unterrichtspraxis, 1978
Describes a device or "game" using 3x5 cards to divide sentences in such a way as to guide the language learner to anticipate grammatical structures; to make him aware that grammar, as well as vocabulary, conveys meaning. (EJS)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Educational Games, Games, German

Schaarschmidt, Gunter – Russian Language Journal, 1979
Describes a sequence for teaching the Russian passive construction to exemplify how a learning sequence based on a contrastive analysis and on error analysis can lessen student errors. These errors are caused either by interference from the first language or over-generalization in the second language. (PMJ)
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Error Analysis (Language), Interference (Language), Language Instruction

Tadros, A. A. – English Language Teaching Journal, 1979
The following error made by Sudanese students in their written English is discussed: giving the direct translation of relative pronoun plus personal pronoun from the Arabic pattern instead of the relative pronoun. The structure of the relative clause in English and Arabic is also compared. (SW)
Descriptors: Arabic, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language), Error Analysis (Language)