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Download full textBardovi-Harlig, Kathleen; Bofman, Theodora – 1988
An evaluation of the t-unit as the basic unit of analysis of second language development in written form argues that despite the t-unit's advantages, the sentence-based analysis is superior for examining syntactic complexity in at least three ways: (1) it better characterizes learner knowledge; (2) it facilitates comparison across learners and…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Grammar, Language Tests, Measurement Techniques
Bardovi-Harlig, Kathleen – Pragmatics and Language Learning, 1992
A study investigated the use of verb tense by learners of English as a Second Language (ESL) from the perspective of narrative structure. Subjects were 16 adult intermediate-level ESL learners of varied linguistic backgrounds and 24 native speakers of English. All attended an oral telling of a Hawaiian trickster tale, with a brief introduction,…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, English (Second Language), Language Patterns, Language Research
