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Judd, Elliot L. – TESOL Quarterly, 1978
In university level English as a second language classes, massive vocabulary instruction should begin as soon as possible and the status of lexical knowledge should be given greater emphasis. Traditional views in favor of emphasizing the teaching of syntactic structures are challenged. (SW)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Instruction, Modern Language Curriculum, Second Language Learning

Kadia, Kayiba – TESOL Quarterly, 1988
A case study investigating the effect of grammar instruction on formal accuracy in spontaneous and monitored second language performance indicated that formal instruction appeared to have very little effect on spontaneous production but was very beneficial for controlled performance. (CB)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Grammatical Acceptability, Higher Education, Interlanguage

Scholfield, Phil – TESOL Quarterly, 1982
Discusses the active contribution a learner/user must make in using a dictionary and breaks the look-up process into seven main steps. (EKN)
Descriptors: Context Clues, Definitions, Dictionaries, English (Second Language)

Zimmerman, Cheryl Boyd – TESOL Quarterly, 1997
Reports on a pilot study examining the effects of reading and interactive vocabulary instruction on the vocabulary development of English-as-a-Second-language students attending a U.S. university-preparatory intensive English program. Findings suggest that such instruction combined with self-selected and course-related reading can improve…
Descriptors: College Students, English (Second Language), Independent Study, Intensive Language Courses

Gu, Peter Yongqi – TESOL Quarterly, 2003
Describes the English vocabulary learning strategies of two successful language learners in the "input-poor" environment of the Chinese classroom, where the majority of language learning comes from intensive reading of English texts. Results show that, contrary to popular ideas about vocabulary learning in the West, Chinese learners…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Learning Strategies, Second Language Instruction

Nilsen, Don L. F. – TESOL Quarterly, 1971
Paper presented at the TESOL Convention in New Orleans, Louisiana, March 1971. (VM)
Descriptors: Case (Grammar), Deep Structure, English (Second Language), Grammar

Nilsen, Don L. F. – TESOL Quarterly, 1976
By dealing with the semantic area of English and Spanish clothing terms, the article shows some of the ways that vocabulary out of context in contrastive systems (viewed as a prerequisite to vocabulary in context) can be used. (SCC)
Descriptors: Clothing, Context Clues, Contrastive Linguistics, English (Second Language)

Been, Sheila – TESOL Quarterly, 1975
A "reading gap" exists in Israel in teaching of intermediate-level English. Reading aloud, focusing on new words and on literal comprehension questions may conflict with the goal of reading for meaning. A dual approach is proposed and demonstrated to achieve reading for language and for meaning. Sample mini-units are included. (CHK)
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, English (Second Language), Language Instruction, Language Programs

Richards, Jack C. – TESOL Quarterly, 1976
Linguistic, psycholinguistic, and sociolinguistic aspects of word knowledge are examined. Vocabulary techniques are discussed according to how they build up word frequency, vocabulary growth in native speakers, underlying forms, semantic structure, word association, and case relations. (SCC)
Descriptors: Associative Learning, English (Second Language), Language Instruction, Second Language Learning

Martin, Anne V. – TESOL Quarterly, 1976
A method of teaching academic vocabulary to the intermediate to advanced EFL graduate students is discussed. Academic vocabulary includes non-technical vocabulary used in the research process, analysis and evaluation. Criteria for selecting academic vocabulary items are explained. Selected items and sample exercises for each area are given. (SCC)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), English for Special Purposes, Foreign Students, Graduate Students

Cowan, J. R. – TESOL Quarterly, 1974
Even for foreigners who have completed intermediate or advanced courses in English, technical prose may prove difficult because of a lack of knowledge of vocabulary and syntax. A research program investigates these variables to improve EFL instruction. (CK)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), English for Special Purposes, Instructional Materials, Language Instruction

Conrad, Susan – TESOL Quarterly, 2000
Argues that corpus linguistics could radically change grammar teaching in the 21st century in three ways: register-specific grammatical description could replace the grammar of English, grammar and vocabulary teaching could become more integrated, and emphasis could shift from structural accuracy to appropriateness of grammatical choice.…
Descriptors: Computational Linguistics, Educational Change, English (Second Language), Grammar

Twaddell, Freeman – TESOL Quarterly, 1973
Paper prepared under contract with the Defense Language Institute, English Language Branch, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, and presented to the staff and faculty of the Institute in 1972. (RS)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Graphs, Language Instruction, Reading Comprehension

DeKeyser, Robert M. – TESOL Quarterly, 1996
Presents the rationale for and the results of a pilot study attempting to document in detail how automatization takes place as the result of different kinds of intensive practice. Results show that reaction times and error rates gradually decline with practice, and the practice effect is skill-specific. (36 references) (CK)
Descriptors: Automation, Cognitive Development, Computer Assisted Testing, Error Analysis (Language)

Ramsey, Robert M. – TESOL Quarterly, 1981
Addresses the issue of vocabulary in the English as a Foreign Language classroom and introduces a technique for interlingual lexico-semantic comparison: the lexigram. This technique is based on restricted word-association data gathered from native speakers of English and Spanish and gives insights into vocabulary development. (Author/PJM)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Contrastive Linguistics, Discovery Learning, English
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