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Ross, Stephen B. – TESOL Quarterly, 1971
Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, November 1970, in Los Angeles, California. (DS)
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Black Youth, English, Grammar

Gaies, Stephen J. – TESOL Quarterly, 1980
Offers a critical review of arguments for and against T-unit analysis in second language research. Maintains that T-unit length is a valid measure of syntactic complexity and a true index of overall development in second language acquisition. (PMJ)
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Language Proficiency, Language Research, Measurement Techniques

Murray, Denise E. – TESOL Quarterly, 2000
Examines the speech communities associated with computer-mediated communication (CMC). Summarizes results from research and adds a critical perspective by questioning who is advantaged and disadvantaged by CMC. Brings these concerns to bear on the application of CMC to distance education, raising questions about its use in teaching English as a…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Distance Education, English (Second Language), Language Research

Angelil-Carter, Shelley – TESOL Quarterly, 1997
Argues that acquisition of English-as-a-Second-Language research must take into account social context and power relations in order to explain language learning processes. Uses interview data and writing samples to demonstrate how a student in South Africa is influenced in his written discourse in English by his power relations and experience as a…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Students, Context Effect, Data Analysis