ERIC - Search Results

Descriptor

Language Patterns	2
Measurement Techniques	2
Second Language Learning	2
Cognitive Processes	1
Communicative Competence…	1
English (Second Language)	1
Error Analysis (Language)	1
Grammar	1
Higher Education	1
Interference (Language)	1
Japanese	1
Language Research	1
Language Skill Attrition	1
Linguistic Theory	1
Negative Forms (Language)	1
Psycholinguistics	1
Speech Communication	1
Uncommonly Taught Languages	1
More ▼

Source

IRAL

Author

Nakuma, Constancio	1
Takashima, Hideyuki	1

Publication Type

Journal Articles	2
Reports - Research	2

Education Level

Audience

Location

Laws, Policies, & Programs

Assessments and Surveys

What Works Clearinghouse Rating

Showing all 2 results Save | Export

How Japanese Learners of English Answer Negative Yes-No Questions--A Case of Foreign Language Transfer.

Takashima, Hideyuki – IRAL, 1989

A study using 288 Japanese university level English-as-a-Foreign-Language students examined native language transfer, specifically the lexical transfer occurring in responses to yes-no questions. An analysis of answer patterns and statistical tables is included. (OD)

Descriptors: English (Second Language), Higher Education, Interference (Language), Japanese

Loss of Communicative Competence: Measurability and Description of a Method.

Nakuma, Constancio – IRAL, 1997

Discusses the measurability of linguistic and communicative competence in light of the performance/competence dichotomy, and proposes a method for measuring loss of communicative competence using spontaneous speech data. (11 references) (Author/CK)

Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Communicative Competence (Languages), Error Analysis (Language), Grammar