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True Friends and False Friends.
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Lengeling, M. Martha – 1996
A discussion of cognates in second language teaching, particularly in English as a Second Language (ESL), looks at reasons and methods for teaching both true and false cognates ("friends"). A definition of cognates is offered, and a distinction is made between a cognate and a borrowed word, with examples from several languages.…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Communication Problems, Contrastive Linguistics, Definitions