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Asención-Delaney, Yuly – Foreign Language Annals, 2020
Spanish heritage speakers in the United States exhibit a wide range of linguistic profiles due to a combination of political, social, and educational factors. Most of them acquire Spanish at home without formal instruction in writing. Although previous research has explored the main challenges faced by these learners in Spanish writing courses, no…
Descriptors: Native Speakers, Native Language, Spanish Speaking, Writing (Composition)
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Peacock, Dennis E. – Foreign Language Annals, 1979
A preliminary set of principles of judging the pedagogical utility of proposed grammar rules is offered. The goal is the inclusion in teaching materials of only those rules which are linguistically accurate, pedagogically sound, and relevant to specified instructional objectives. (Author)
Descriptors: Grammar, Language Instruction, Language Patterns, Material Development
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Benedict, Marjorie A. – Foreign Language Annals, 1980
All the irregularities of all common French verbs are reduced to five categories in the "passe simple." This system facilitates learning the tense without memorizing each irregular verb independently. (PMJ)
Descriptors: French, Grammar, Language Patterns, Learning Processes