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Ramsay, Janet K. – 1983
The level of mastery of selected language forms among English as a second language students in Botswana was investigated. Eighty-four pupils in the third to the sixth year of formal education provided oral English samples in unstructured formats involving language experience stories. The oral language of the pupils was analyzed to establish the…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, English (Second Language), Error Patterns, Form Classes (Languages)
Ghadessy, Moshen – IRAL, 1989
Comparison of Chinese, Malay, and Tamil primary school students' responses to a test featuring 19 error types related to English verb structure revealed no significant differences between the three groups' selection of developmental errors. The test also showed promise in measuring students' English accuracy as opposed to fluency. (CB)
Descriptors: Chinese, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education, English (Second Language)
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Cronnell, Bruce – Journal of Educational Research, 1985
An analysis of errors found in writing samples by elementary school Mexican-Americans is presented. This study focused on errors that may be caused by speech patterns and language usage. Results are discussed. (Author/DF)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, English (Second Language), Error Patterns, Grade 3
Garrott, Carl L. – 1996
Two studies investigated the intrinsic and contextual difficulties of English spelling for native Haitian Creole-speaking children (NHCSs), and the effect of phonemic awareness on the achievement on beginning spellers. Each study had 20 NHCS kindergarten children as subjects. In the first, the subjects were trained in English phonemics (blending,…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Creoles, Elementary Education, English (Second Language)
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Beniak, Edouard – 1984
Three studies are presented, each of which is a comparison of the acquisition of an aspect of the French verb system by three groups of speakers. The speakers are: young Anglophones learning French as a second language in an early French immersion program in Montreal; young monolingual Francophones attending elementary French language schools in…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Children, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education