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Peer reviewedSaegert, Joel; And Others – Language Learning, 1974
Report of an investigation which examined the relationship between measured English-language proficiency, years of English-language study and the use of English as a medium of instruction for samples of Arabic-speaking Egyptian and Lebanese university students. (Author)
Descriptors: Arabs, Data Analysis, English (Second Language), Language Instruction
Peer reviewedMarkman, Barbara R.; And Others – Language Learning, 1975
The French language competence of two groups of English-speaking pupils who are educated via French was investigated. Third and fifth grade English-speaking pupils were compared with French-speaking children of the same age. Results of the study are discussed. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, FLES, French, Imitation
Peer reviewedSchachter, Jacqueline – Language Learning, 1974
Contrastive analysis a priori predicts facts of possible errors in learning a second language that contrastive analysis a posteriori cannot explain. In a study of relative clause formation, the latter approach shows that students have no trouble, whereas the former approach shows the task to be so difficult that they avoid it. (AG)
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Contrastive Linguistics, Error Patterns, Interference (Language)
Peer reviewedLaForge, Paul G. – Language Learning, 1971
Descriptors: Behavioral Sciences, Language Instruction, Language Proficiency, Learning Theories
Peer reviewedHauptman, Philip C. – Language Learning, 1971
Revised version of a paper presented at the TESOL Convention, March 1971, New Orleans, La. (VM)
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Educational Experiments, Instructional Materials, Language Acquisition
Peer reviewedPalmer, Adrian S. – Language Learning, 1979
Presents the results of three studies that support the hypothesis that there are two types of proficiency in second language learning, "compartmentalized control" and "integrated control." Relevance to the Monitor Model and a method of teaching for integration are discussed. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Language Instruction, Language Proficiency, Language Research
Peer reviewedGenesee, F. – Language Learning, 1976
Concerns research undertaken to assess the role of intelligence, as measured by standardized, group I.Q. tests, in the acquisition of a second language. Reading and language usage tests correlated with I.Q. level; tests of listening comprehension and interpersonal communication did not for anglophone students learning French. (Author/POP)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, French, Intelligence Quotient, Language Instruction
Peer reviewedHamayan, Fred Genesee; And Others – Language Learning, 1977
Three groups of Grade 7 students participated in a study to examine the personality and language exposure factors associated with learning French as a second language. (CFM)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Communicative Competence (Languages), French, Grade 7
Peer reviewedGardner, R. C.; Smythe, P. C. – Language Learning, 1977
A study was conducted to examine the changes in students' attitudes, motivation and French achievement during a five-week, residential, summer program. Sixty-two students were administered a battery of attitude and motivation tests as well as a test of oral French proficiency prior to, and upon completion of, the course. (CFM)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Communicative Competence (Languages), French, Language Instruction
