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Japanese Learners' Acquisition and Use of the English Article System.

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Takahashi, Toshiaki – Edinburgh Working Papers in Applied Linguistics, 1997

A study of Japanese learners' acquisition of the article system in English noun phrases investigated whether (1) presence or absence of a modifier affected the choice of definite article used, and (2) whether the choice of definite article was influenced by reliance on knowledge of commonly-occurring sequences. Subjects were 111 Japanese…

Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, College Students, Determiners (Languages), English (Second Language)

Classroom Transcripts and "Noticing" in Teacher Education.

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Lynch, Tony – Edinburgh Working Papers in Applied Linguistics, 1998

This study investigated the differences in language patterns in classroom conversations between university students of English for academic purposes and two native speakers: the teacher and a native English-speaking student selected to provide English speech practice. Transcripts of role-play interactions in two groups (one assisted by the…

Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Discourse Analysis, English for Academic Purposes, English (Second Language)