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Foreign Language Learning in a Multilingual Setting: The Predictability of "The Mother Tongue Effect."
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Chumbow, Boban Sammy – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1984
Claims that the mother tongue function in foreign language learning over a background of two or more languages is transferable to any one of the background languages and that this transfer is predictable by a set of principles. Presents applications of the principles to multilingual settings of Nigeria and Cameroon. (SED)
Descriptors: Interference (Language), Language Dominance, Multilingualism, Second Language Learning
"Approximative Languages" and Language Learning Situations.
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John, Athialy P. – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1980
Deals with several related problems of language contact, approximative systems, and language learning situations. Proposes the recognition of "fixed approximative languages" in relation to learning situations. (Author)
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Interference (Language), Interlanguage, Language Acquisition
Communicative Performance in Language-Developmental Contexts.
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Littlewood, William T. – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1979
Proposed a model of first and second language learning within a communicative approach. (AM)
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Communicative Competence (Languages), Discourse Analysis, Language Acquisition
The Role of Error Analysis in Clarifying Linguistic Distinctions between English "When" and its Japanese Equivalents.
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Netsu, Machiko – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1984
Discusses the production of anomalous sentences by non-native students of the Japanese language and suggests that the primary cause of various errors indicated in such sentences is the confusion with English "when." In addition, it is suggested that error analysis can help clarify the nature of grammatical problems and facilitate learning of…
Descriptors: English, Error Analysis (Language), Grammar, Japanese
Episodic Memory, Semantic Memory, and Fluency.
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Schaefer, Carl F. – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1980
Suggests that creating a second-language semantic network can be conceived as developing a plan for retrieving second-language word forms. Characteristics of linguistic performance which will promote fluency are discussed in light of the distinction between episodic and semantic memory. (AMH)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Language Processing, Language Proficiency, Memory
On the Nature and Use of Explicit Knowledge.
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Odlin, Terence – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1986
Explores the problem of implicit and explicit knowledge in a second language. The theoretical characterizations of Bialystok and Krashen are shown to be unsatisfactory in addressing these two problems. Some characteristics of explicit knowledge that any improved theory should be able to explain are considered. (SED)
Descriptors: Anthropological Linguistics, Cognitive Processes, Communicative Competence (Languages), Discourse Analysis
Phonology of Dialect Interference in Second Language Learning: Styrian Dialect and English Language Learning.
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Karpf, Annemarie; And Others – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1980
In combatting phonological interference in second language learning, attention should be paid to interference-producing aspects of the actual dialect that is the student's native language, rather than to the "standard" form of the language. (JB)
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, English (Second Language), Interference (Language), Learning Processes
A Contribution to the Discussion about the Relationship between Second Language Acquisition Research and Foreign Language Teaching and Learning.
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Konigs, Frank G.; Hopkins, Edwin A. – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1986
Discusses the differing points of view of foreign language teaching research and second language acquisition research. The article shows that second language acquisition research works with linguistic data as a product of output, while foreign language teaching research, in addition, tries to interpret classroom data by taking into account the…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Classroom Research, Dialogs (Language), Language Processing