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Zimmermann, Rudiger – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1972
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Contrastive Linguistics, English, German
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Chiang, Joseph S.; Costello, John R. – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1983
Presents data which indicate that the language learning capability of adolescents and adults who are acquiring a second language differs from that of children who are acquiring their native language. Discusses consequences for second-language teaching methodology. (EKN)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Chinese, Comparative Analysis
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Dehghanpisheh, E. – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1978
A description of a study which tried to establish the sequence of language development in a language other than English (Farsi) and to measure the syntactic complexity of the first language against that of the second. Results indicate a direction toward the construction of better course materials and tests. (AMH)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, English (Second Language), Language Acquisition, Language Instruction
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Wajskop-Hianne, M.; Renkin, A. – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1968
With the immediate aim of reinforcing the productive and receptive control of ordinary spoken language, experiments were undertaken using two methods of teaching French to university students with some knowledge of the written language. The first of the two groups involved in the experiment completed a 240-hour course consisting primarily of…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Audiolingual Skills, College Language Programs, Comparative Analysis