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Pragmatic Syntax in the Classroom
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Rutherford, William E. – TESOL Quarterly, 1974
Urges the combination of grammatical instruction with pragmatic spoken usage in the teaching of language. (LG)
Descriptors: Communication Skills, English (Second Language), Grammar, Second Language Learning
L2 Tense and Time Reference.
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Hinkel, Eli – TESOL Quarterly, 1993
In a survey, 130 English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) students were asked to describe the meanings of English tenses in terms of time concepts used in ESL grammar texts. Results suggest that grammar teaching utilizing descriptions of time accepted in English-speaking communities to explain usages and meanings of English tenses can limit learner…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Grammar, Native Speakers, Second Language Learning
Investigating Linguistic Acceptability with Egyptian EFL Students.
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Tucker, G. Richard; Sarofim, Marian – TESOL Quarterly, 1979
This study examined the sensitivity of adult second language learners to deviance in English sentences. The subjects were 18 Egyptian, Arabic-speaking students attending classes at the English Language Institute of the American University in Cairo. (Author/CFM)
Descriptors: Arabic, English (Second Language), Error Analysis (Language), Evaluation Criteria
Reading in the ESOL Classroom: A Technique for Teaching Syntactic Meaning
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Wilson, Lois Irene – TESOL Quarterly, 1973
Paper presented at the 1972 TESOL Conference in Washington, D.C. (DD)
Descriptors: College Language Programs, English (Second Language), Grammar, Illustrations
Getting Tense in English: A Linguistics for Our Time
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Scovel, Thomas – TESOL Quarterly, 1971
Paper presented at the TESOL Convention in New Orleans, Louisiana, March 1971. (VM)
Descriptors: Deep Structure, English (Second Language), Grammar, Language Instruction
On the Syntax of Written Black English
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Ross, Stephen B. – TESOL Quarterly, 1971
Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, November 1970, in Los Angeles, California. (DS)
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Black Youth, English, Grammar
Re-evaluating Sentence-Combining Practice.
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Zamel, Vivian – TESOL Quarterly, 1980
Suggests that for improving syntactic fluency and the overall quality of compositions, exercises should be based on generative rhetoric. These exercises in which students supply the content of the sentence from a list of suggested structures are superior to sentence-combining exercises that provide the student with all the information. (PMJ)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Evaluation, Grammar, Second Language Instruction
Reading English for Specialized Purposes: Discourse Analysis and the Use of Student Informants.
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Cohen, Andrew; And Others – TESOL Quarterly, 1979
Discusses the common problems encountered by Israeli students in reading specialized English discourse in four different disciplines. (CFM)
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, English (Second Language), English for Special Purposes, Grammar
The Interface of Reading and Writing.
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Dubin, Fraida; Olshtain, Elite – TESOL Quarterly, 1980
The relationship between writing and reading linking prescriptive and contrastive rhetoric, textual discourse analysis, ESP text research, and psycholinguistics and reading is examined. The chief axioms stressed for writers are planning and using discourse devices. How these can be translated into reading strategies is demonstrated. (PMJ)
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Grammar, Language Processing, Psycholinguistics
The Influence of Teacher Commentary on Student Revision.
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Ferris, Dana R. – TESOL Quarterly, 1997
Examines marginal and end comments written on the first drafts of essays of advanced university students of English as a Second Language in terms of their pragmatic goals and linguistic features. Findings indicate the importance of helping students process feedback successfully and providing text-specific feedback. (65 references) (Author/CK)
Descriptors: College Students, English (Second Language), Essays, Feedback
Order-of-Acquisition vs. Dynamic Paradigm: A Comparsion of Method in Interlanguage Research.
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Huebner, Thom – TESOL Quarterly, 1979
This paper reports on the development of the article system in an adult's interlanguage over a one-year period. It compares the results of a conventional order-of-acquisition analysis with a paradigm model based on Bickerton (1975). (Author/CFM)
Descriptors: Determiners (Languages), English (Second Language), Grammar, Interference (Language)