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Hou, Lynn; Morford, Jill P. – First Language, 2020
The visual-manual modality of sign languages renders them a unique test case for language acquisition and processing theories. In this commentary the authors describe evidence from signed languages, and ask whether it is consistent with Ambridge's proposal. The evidence includes recent research on collocations in American Sign Language that reveal…
Descriptors: Sign Language, Phrase Structure, American Sign Language, Syntax
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Pooley, Robert C. – Clearing House, 1995
Reprints an article originally published in 1932. Discusses the development of S. Leonard's book "Current English Usage." Suggests that the monograph stands as a symbol of a spirit and attitude in the teaching of English which will have far-reaching influence in determining the course of study and content of English instruction in the future. (RS)
Descriptors: English, English Instruction, Language Patterns, Language Standardization
Hamilton, Kendra – Black Issues in Higher Education, 2005
This document shares Dr. Walt Wolfram's views on African-American Dialect. He states that the most elementary principle is that all language is patterned and rule-governed, and one can apply that principle to African-American English, Appalachian English, and to every other dialect that is examined.
Descriptors: African Americans, North American English, Black Dialects, Sociolinguistics
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Ilson, Robert – ELT Journal, 1983
It is proposed that etymological information, usually provided in native speaker's dictionaries but eliminated from learners' references, can serve several important functions such as disambiguate, relate words that are alphabetically far apart, illuminate by providing an image or reference, and motivate with interesting information. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Dictionaries, English (Second Language), Etymology, Language Patterns
Meagher, Sandy – Teaching Pre K-8, 2005
This document contains some book suggestions to help introduce all the various parts of writing. Helping students understand figures of speech takes more than a book ? it takes a creative teacher and interested students. One book that teachers and students have had a great time with is Monkey Business by Wallace Edwards, (Kids Can Press, 2004,…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Writing Instruction, Childrens Literature, Language Patterns
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Wible, Scott – College Composition and Communication, 2006
This essay examines a Brooklyn College-based research collective that placed African American languages and cultures at the center of the composition curriculum. Recovering such pedagogies challenges the perception of the CCCC's 1974 "Students' Right to Their Own Language" resolution as a progressive theory divorced from the everyday…
Descriptors: Curriculum Research, Writing Instruction, African Americans, Black Dialects
Cellard, Jacques – Francais dans le Monde, 1982
The concept of journalistic norms and recent French experience with this are reviewed. It is concluded that the press might be a reasonable arbiter between conservative institutional norms and recent rapid change in the French language. (MSE)
Descriptors: Change Agents, Foreign Countries, French, Journalism
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McArthur, Douglas – ELT Journal, 1996
Presents one viewpoint regarding the teaching of irregularities of language structure in courses on English as a Second Language, particularly irregularities of morphology and syntax. It is argued that the vocabulary and morphology of English could be simplified if certain constraints were removed and proposes that certain common language patterns…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, English (Second Language), Language Patterns, Morphology (Languages)
Eliyahu, Shlomo Ben – 1979
The major concern of the educational system in Israel today is how to advance students who come from low socioeconomic backgrounds and from a cultural background which is different from that of the privileged sectors of the population. In general, the problem of educationally disadvantaged students is related to the problem of social gaps. These…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cultural Differences, Educationally Disadvantaged, Foreign Countries
Picciola, Liliane – Francais dans le Monde, 1982
A cultural perspective is applied to modern popular songs that encourages listeners to use a critical ear and consider not only the songs themselves, but also how they fit into the broadcast industry's schema. Different song types and industry patterns of song exploitation are considered. (MSE)
Descriptors: Audiodisc Recordings, Audiotape Recordings, Broadcast Industry, Cultural Context
Dickerson, Wayne B. – 1983
Both aural-oral practice with the sounds of English and formal rules are important in pronunciation instruction, and have a role to play in interlanguage development. Formal rules provide self-evaluation for purposes of self-correction, a process which allows learners to judge or self-correct their own utterances against rule-generated predictions…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, English (Second Language), Higher Education, Language Patterns
Saville-Troike, Muriel – 1977
The linguistic bases for bilingual education (i.e, the nature of language, the structures of the native and target languages in a bilingual education program, and the way the two language systems interact) need to be examined and understood as a sound basis for administrative and pedagogical decisions and procedures in the programs. Linguistics is…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Bilingual Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Needs
Spaventa, Lou – 1998
This paper describes an educator's decision to change careers from that of foreign service officer to teacher of English as a Second Language is traced to a December 1985 event in Korea in which the American Cultural Center in Kwangju was occupied by protesting Korean students. Analysis of this event and its effect on the educator focuses on the…
Descriptors: Career Change, Case Studies, English (Second Language), Identification (Psychology)
Borgoman, Laure – Francais dans le Monde, 1982
Graffiti analysis is an important means of understanding social and cultural realities at a given moment of a community's existence, realities that the media often treat only in generalizations. Comparisons of graffiti between places, periods, languages, and subjects may be revealing. (MSE)
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Cultural Context, Language Patterns, Language Research
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Hunston, Susan; And Others – ELT Journal, 1997
Looks at the ways grammar and vocabulary are interconnected and suggests some implications for language teaching. Suggests that language teachers focus on word patterns to encourage four aspects of language learning: understanding, accuracy, fluency, and flexibility. (four references) (Author/CK)
Descriptors: Course Content, Grammar, Language Patterns, Language Processing
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