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Siddiek, Ahmed Gumaa – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2017
The present study is an attempt to raise some points that should be considered when translating the Quranic Text into English. We have looked into some samples of translations, selected from well known English translations of the Holy Quran and critically examined them. There were some errors in those translations, due to linguistic factors, owing…
Descriptors: Translation, Semitic Languages, Simulation, Error Patterns
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Phakiti, Aek; Plonsky, Luke – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2018
This article aims to discuss ten beliefs that teachers hold about second language (L2) learning and to relate these to relevant theories and approaches in the field of second language acquisition (SLA). It is especially written for L2 teachers who would like to know more about theoretical approaches that seek to explain L2 learning. Preliminary…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Linguistic Theory, Language Teachers, Teacher Attitudes
Lee, Nancy – Hongkong Papers in Linguistics and Language Teaching, 1990
The relationship between the notion of "error" in linguistics and language teaching theory and its potential application to error correction in the second language classroom is examined. Definitions of "error" in psycholinguistics, native speech, and English second language instruction are discussed, and the relationship of interlanguage…
Descriptors: Advanced Courses, Classification, Classroom Techniques, Definitions
Allison, Desmond M., Ed. – Hongkong Papers in Linguistics and Language Teaching, 1990
Papers on linguistics and language teaching in this volume are the following: "Language in Education: Hard Choices for Hong Kong" (Jo Lewkowicz); "EL2--Medium Education in a Largely Monolingual Society: The Case of Hong Kong" (Nigel Bruce); "A Programme for Semantics" (Laurence Goldstein); "Semantics and Its…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Error Correction, Error Patterns, Foreign Countries
Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (Singapore). Regional Language Centre. – 1992
The 12 issues of the second language teaching and research journal, spanning 1988-1993 contain articles on a variety of language teaching and learning issues. A substantial proportion concern English-as-a-Second-Language instruction, both general and academic, in a number of Southeast Asian cultural contexts. Regional variations of English are…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Classroom Techniques, Cultural Context, Discourse Analysis