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Peer reviewedMcTear, Michael F. – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1979
Reviews aspects of Halliday's Systemic-Functional Grammar, emphasizing language functions, modality vs modulation, process types, transitivity, information distribution, and cohesion. Implications for language teaching are discussed. (AM)
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Discourse Analysis, Grammar, Intonation
Peer reviewedEckman, Fred R. – Language Learning, 1977
Suggests that the Contrastive Analysis Hypothesis (CAH) be revised to incorporate a notion of degree of difficulty which corresponds to the notion of typological markedness. (Author/CFM)
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, English, German, Interference (Language)
Wode, Henning – Linguistik und Didaktik, 1978
Compares the error-grading system of Zydatiss (in 'Linguistik und Didaktik', No. 24, 1975) with examples from the "Natural L2 (Second Language) Acquisition" project, and raises the question of how far it is possible for a teacher to utilize the approach of a self-guided language-learning process. (IFS/WGA)
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, English (Second Language), Error Analysis (Language), Grading
Lehmann, Winfred P. – Bulletin of the Association of Departments of Foreign Languages, 1979
Traces the history of linguistic theory as it has affected the field of second language instruction. (AM)
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Grammar, Language Instruction, Linguistic Theory
Peer reviewedWillmott, M. B. – English Language Teaching Journal, 1979
Different types of stress, rhythm, and intonation used by Nigerian speakers of English are analyzed, and lexical differences are discussed. Problems with vowels, consonants, and syllable structure are also covered. (SW)
Descriptors: Consonants, Dialects, English (Second Language), Intonation
Peer reviewedAl-Sawaf, H. B. M. – English Language Teaching Journal, 1979
This article discusses the importance of the teaching of phonetics to students of English as a Second Language (ESL) and describes the place of phonetics in a course for Iraqi students of English at the University of Mosul, Iraq. (CFM)
Descriptors: Arabic, English (Second Language), Intonation, Language Instruction
