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L1 and L2 Writers' Strategic and Linguistic Knowledge: A Model of Multiple-Level Discourse Processing.

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Whalen, Karen; Menard, Nathan – Language Learning, 1995

Compares the cognitive processing of 12 anglophone French students who wrote an argumentative text in their first language (English) and second language (L2) (French). Results indicate that the writers' strategic knowledge and capacity for meaningful multiple-level discourse processing explains the constraining effects of linguistic processing on…

Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Discourse Analysis

Some Errors in the Writings of the Intermediate and Advanced Learners of Arabic as a Foreign Language.

Hedayet, Nagwa – 1990

A study investigated patterns in the apparent syntactic errors of native English-speaking, upper-level learners of Arabic as a foreign language. One hundred writing samples, including summaries, criticisms, and free composition, were gathered from a number of university courses. Error types analyzed included articles, subordinate clauses, two-word…

Descriptors: Advanced Courses, Arabic, Contrastive Linguistics, Difficulty Level

TEANGA 16: The Irish Yearbook of Applied Linguistics = Bliainiris na Teangeolaiochta Feidhmi in Eirinn.

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O'Baoill, Donall P., Ed. – TEANGA: The Irish Yearbook of Applied Linguistics, 1996

Essays in applied linguistics presented in this annual review include: "Learner Autonomy: Some Steps in the Evolution of Theory and Practice" (David Little); "An Investigation of the Mental Lexicon of Second Language Learners" (Elizabeth O'Gorman); "Strategies for Identifying Terms in Specialised Texts" (Jennifer Pearson); "Inferencing and the…

Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Citations (References), Diachronic Linguistics, Discourse Analysis