Contrastive Analysis: Is It a Living Fossil?.

Abbas, Ali K.

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ERIC Number: EJ514859

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1995

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Contrastive Analysis: Is It a Living Fossil?

Abbas, Ali K.

IRAL, v33 n3 p195-215 Aug 1995

This paper discusses the validity and utility of contrastive analysis for language teaching, focusing on the utility of contrastive analysis over error analysis in analyzing adverbial positioning in sentences produced by two groups of native speakers of English and Arabic. Contains 13 references. (MDM)

Descriptors: Adverbs, Arabic, Contrastive Linguistics, English, Error Analysis (Language), Native Language Instruction, Uncommonly Taught Languages

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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