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Peer reviewedde Beaugrande, Robert – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1983
As a result of difficulty in applying linguistic theory to teaching remedial writing to college students, a technique was developed that uses comparisons of spoken and written English to assist in composition and revision. Specific techniques and examples are outlined. (MSE)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, English, Higher Education, Linguistic Theory
Peer reviewedCampbell, Stuart J. – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1986
Investigates why graduates of Arabic courses in English-speaking countries are so few in number and why they so often compare poorly in spoken language performance with graduates of other language courses. The most important factor in this phenomenom is the gap that separates written Arabic from spoken Arabic. (SED)
Descriptors: Arabic, Communicative Competence (Languages), Descriptive Linguistics, Dialects
