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Download full textBaron, Dennis – 1994
This book examines Americans' obsession with grammar and usage, and how the flexibility and fluidity of the English language affect notions about what is and is not "correct" English. Confronting the popular image of the English teacher as a card-carrying member of the language police, the book takes a critical look at past and present…
Descriptors: English, Error Correction, Grammar, Language Role
Alberta Learning, Edmonton. Direction de l'education francaise. – 2001
This guide provides an extensive but not conclusive list of points of transfer and interference between the French and English languages. It is designed to help English language arts teachers of Francophone students understand that French language skills can be usefully transferred to English. Apart from a brief introduction, this document…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Code Switching (Language), Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language)
