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Peer reviewedShuman, R. Baird – English Journal, 1990
Describes a classroom grammatical activity in which the teacher isolates typical sentences from textbooks and writes the individual words on placards. Describes how students are each given a placard and asked to form a sentence. Reports that students enjoyed this activity and began to get the feel of language and sentence structure. (RS)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Grammar, Language Skills, Secondary Education
Peer reviewedSalkie, Raphael – Language Sciences, 1996
Discusses and compares the meaning of epistemic uses of modals. Demonstrates that the relation between them is not as simple as has been frequently suggested. The article bases its observations on the data from a corpus of parallel French and English texts, pointing out that such a corpus can open new avenues for investigation of an old topic. (18…
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Computational Linguistics, Contrastive Linguistics, Data Interpretation
Peer reviewedAijmer, Karen – Language Sciences, 1996
Presents a study based on the analysis of contrastive Swedish-English data on modal particles. The article maintains that the meaning of modal particles requires an analysis of their pragmatic aspects such as the relation between the interlocutors. The analysis most accurately accounting for the multifunctionality of the particles is based on a…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Communication (Thought Transfer), Contrastive Linguistics, Discourse Analysis
Evans, P.; And Others – 1983
Information on the Ontario Test of English Achievement is presented. Attention is directed to the background and objectives of the test, test development, subtest characteristics and properties, validity, and recommendations concerning test use. The objective of the test was to determine the language competence of incoming students to assist…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, English, Expository Writing, Foreign Countries
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Direct linkAlabama Department of Education, 2003
State leaders, parents, and business people want to be sure that students truly learn what they are being taught in school. Today, basic skills are not sufficient to guarantee that children will find good jobs and become productive citizens. As a result, the Alabama State Legislature passed its Education Accountability Law in 1995. The new…
Descriptors: High Schools, Graduation Requirements, State Standards, State Legislation
Richards, David R. – 1977
The interlanguage hypothesis stresses that errors are a normal part of the language learning process. At the same time, in the view of many, the teacher has a responsibility to provide short cuts for the learner through appropriate corrective feedback. Conventionally, this has been taken to imply correction of expression by requiring repetition of…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Child Language, Communication Skills, Communicative Competence (Languages)
