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Broselow, Ellen – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1984
Investigates the type of errors that can be shown to result from native language interference, specifically the production and perception of word juncture of American English speakers studying the Egyptian dialect of Arabic. Argues that word juncture phenomena are a function of syllable structure and presents other cases illustrating this. (SED)
Descriptors: Arabic, Contrastive Linguistics, English, Interference (Language)
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Meziani, Ahmed – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1978
A brief analysis of the complex English non-past tense contrasted with the simple Moroccan-Arab non-past. In English the non-past is represented by many forms; in Moroccan-Arabic it is represented by few forms. This fact is the cause of confusion to the Moroccan learner of English. (AMH)
Descriptors: Arabic, English, English (Second Language), Interference (Language)
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Ibrahim, Muhammad H. – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1977
Diglossia is characterized here as a pattern in which a culture recognizes different language varieties. This paper deals with implications of Arabic diglossia for the teaching of English to Arab students. (CHK)
Descriptors: Arabic, Arabs, Diglossia, English (Second Language)
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Shaheen, Abdel-Rahman – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1984
Lists and discusses certain recurrent errors made by adult Arab students of English literature at the university level. The errors were produced spontaneously in free writing and not through mechanical drills or isolated occurrences of sentences, so they reflect the learner's competence in English. (SED)
Descriptors: Arabic, English (Second Language), English Literature, Error Analysis (Language)