On the Nature and Function of Language Rules in Language Teaching.

Seliger, Herbert W.

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On the Nature and Function of Language Rules in Language Teaching.

Seliger, Herbert W.

TESOL Quarterly, v13 n3 p359-69 Sep 1979

This article discusses an experiment designed to examine the relationship between the external explanations that learners give for their language behavior, and actual language performance. The subjects who were native and non-native speakers of English were tested on their use of definite articles. (CFM)

Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Determiners (Languages), English (Second Language), Grammar, Language Research, Linguistic Competence, Linguistic Performance, Second Language Learning

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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