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Peer reviewedPeters, George F. – Unterrichtsprax, 1970
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, English, German, Grammar
Fenn, Peter – Neusprachliche Mitteilungen, 1978
Discusses the semantic functions of the English future formations: "will/shall,""to be going to," and the present tense. Points out that these all have modal as well as temporal significance, making the traditional teaching of the English future imprecise and misleading. (IFS/WGA)
Descriptors: English, English (Second Language), Language Instruction, Semantics
Millar, Elizabeth; Kobersky, Eva – Contact, 1972
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), English, French, Language Instruction
Peer reviewedCook, Walter A. – TESOL Quarterly, 1978
English modal verbs constitute a problem for the student of English as a foreign language. This study presents a methodology for a systematic presentation of the meaning of modal verbs. The modals "can,""may,""must," and "have to" are studied. (SW)
Descriptors: English, English (Second Language), Grammar, Language Instruction
Hadorn, Werner – Schulpraxis, 1973
Descriptors: Advertising, Communication (Thought Transfer), English, German
Makino, Seiichi – Journal of the Association of Teachers of Japanese, 1974
Revised version of a paper read at the Annual Conference of Asian Studies on the Pacific Coast, June 14, 1973, Vancouver, Canada. (DD)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Distinctive Features (Language), English, Japanese
Peer reviewedChen, Shirley – Journal of the Chinese Language Teachers Association, 1973
The see-saw pair is a technique for perceptually contrasting the two realizations of the third tone, viz. the low-level half third and the low dip full third. (DD)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, English, Intonation, Language Instruction
Hartmann, R. R. K. – Linguistik und Didaktik, 1972
Descriptors: Componential Analysis, Dictionaries, English, Language Instruction
Peer reviewedLake, J. Joseph – Slavic and East European Journal, 1975
It is asserted that certain points in Russian grammar can be adequately explained only with reference to sentence stress. Areas which lend themselves to explanation in terms of sentence stress are suggested, and directions given for developing drills. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, English, Grammar, Language Instruction
Peer reviewedChu, Chauncey C. – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1978
Proposes an approach to contrastive linguistics which takes into account syntax and semantics, and discusses the role of such an approach in explaining surface structure differences between English and Chinese sentences of the type: "He is a good pianist" and "I have a bad knee." (AM)
Descriptors: Chinese, Contrastive Linguistics, Deep Structure, English
Peer reviewedRando, Gaetano – Italica, 1970
Descriptors: English, Italian, Language Instruction, North American English
Peer reviewedMolina, Hubert – Hispania, 1970
Descriptors: English, Form Classes (Languages), Language Instruction, Linguistic Theory
Peer reviewedQuillard, Genevieve – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1979
Presents a method, based on a contrastive analysis, for teaching English-speaking students of French how to express concepts of motion in the target language. (AM)
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, English, French, Grammar
Download full textBen Abdelkader, Rached; And Others – 1977
This supplement to the Peace Corps Course in Tunisian Arabic is intended primarily for Peace Corps volunteers, but is also useful to other English speakers who wish to acquire systematically a knowledge of Tunisian Arabic. The dictionary consists of two parts. The lexicon, which begins with a chart of all the phonetic symbols used in the…
Descriptors: Arabic, Dictionaries, English, Grammar
Denison, Norman – Philippine Journal for Language Teaching, 1966
The recognition of the systematic nature of the interference of the mother tongue when learning a second language is among the most significant advances in linguistics for the teaching and learning of foreign languages. The work of Weinreich showed that interference between language systems--the absorption of loan words, calques, and phonological,…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Contrastive Linguistics, English, Grammar
