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Thewissen, Jennifer – Modern Language Journal, 2013
The present article addresses the issue of second language accuracy developmental trajectories and shows how they can be captured via an error-tagged version of an English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learner corpus. The data used in this study were extracted from the International Corpus of Learner English (Granger et al., 2009) and consist of a…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Linguistic Competence, Error Analysis (Language)
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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
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Lukmani, Yasmeen – ELT Journal, 1982
The approach taken to testing reading comprehension in a Bombay University English program is described. A distinction is drawn between communicative and communicational teaching approaches. Reading skills and the traditional techniques for teaching them are examined, and sample reading comprehension test items using the communicational approach…
Descriptors: Classification, Communicative Competence (Languages), English (Second Language), Foreign Countries