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The Case for Considering Syntactic Maturity in E.S.L. and E.F.L.

Peer reviewed

Mendelsohn, David J. – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1983

Maintains that measuring syntactic error alone is inadequate and that syntactic maturity should also be considered. Discusses ways of measuring syntactic maturity in spoken English of nonnative speakers and examines the relationship of syntactic error to syntactic maturity. (EKN)

Descriptors: English (Second Language), Error Patterns, Language Proficiency, Language Tests

Problems of Iranians in Learning English Reported Speech

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Yarmohammadi, Lotfollah – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1973

Revised version of a paper presented at the Seminar on English Teaching in Iran, Tehran, April 1971. (DD)

Descriptors: Connected Discourse, Contrastive Linguistics, Discourse Analysis, English (Second Language)

Moroccan Learners' English Errors: A Pilot Study.

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Meziani, Ahmed – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1984

Presents the results of a study of the errors made on essays by Moroccan students of English as a second language. The average number of grammatical errors was 10.62 per paper and the most frequent errors were related to tense, prepositions, articles, form, and concord. (SED)

Descriptors: Data Analysis, English (Second Language), Error Analysis (Language), Error Patterns

Errors and the Teaching of Literature.

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Shaheen, Abdel-Rahman – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1984

Lists and discusses certain recurrent errors made by adult Arab students of English literature at the university level. The errors were produced spontaneously in free writing and not through mechanical drills or isolated occurrences of sentences, so they reflect the learner's competence in English. (SED)

Descriptors: Arabic, English (Second Language), English Literature, Error Analysis (Language)

Fehler in der englischen Satzgliedfolge (Errors in English Word Order)

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Zydatiss, Wolfgang – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1973

Descriptors: Classification, Communication (Thought Transfer), English (Second Language), Error Patterns