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Victor-Rood, Juliette – Die Unterrichtspraxis, 1982
Retells the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears as a mnemonic device for learning German simple past verb forms. (EKN)
Descriptors: German, Language Patterns, Mnemonics, Second Language Learning
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Peacock, Dennis E. – Foreign Language Annals, 1979
A preliminary set of principles of judging the pedagogical utility of proposed grammar rules is offered. The goal is the inclusion in teaching materials of only those rules which are linguistically accurate, pedagogically sound, and relevant to specified instructional objectives. (Author)
Descriptors: Grammar, Language Instruction, Language Patterns, Material Development
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Smith, Karen L. – Hispania, 1982
Analyzes the omission, overgeneralization, and misuse errors in the compositions of first- through third-year university Spanish students, with major emphasis placed on the role errors play in the acquisition of Spanish as a second language. (EKN)
Descriptors: Error Analysis (Language), Error Patterns, Higher Education, Language Patterns
Schmitt, Lothar M.; Christianson, Kiel T. – 1998
This document describes how to construct tools for language analysis in research and teaching using the Bourne-shell, sed, and awk, three search tools, in the UNIX operating system. Applications include: searches for words, phrases, grammatical patterns, and phonemic patterns in text; statistical analysis of text in regard to such searches,…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Etymology, Grammar, Indexes
Avery, Peter; And Others – TESL Talk, 1987
Reviews common pronunciation problems experienced by learners of English as a second language who are native speakers of Vietnamese, Cantonese, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Polish, Greek, and Punjabi. (CB)
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Cantonese, Consonants, English (Second Language)