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Subramaniam, Vijayaletchumy – Online Submission, 2011
Malaysian philosophy, purpose and objective of the education system are rooted and based on policies stated in the National Education Policy 1956 and Education Act 1961. Whereas the Education Ordinance 1952 urged all Chinese and Tamil schools to be given an equal opportunity to learn English and Malay language together with their L1 (mother…
Descriptors: Translation, English (Second Language), Native Language, Second Language Learning

Studerus, Lenard H. – Hispania, 1978
A two-dimensional system used by speakers of Spanish to make imperative utterances is outlined. The system consists of the basic verb forms that make up the nuclei of such utterances and oblique marker usage, which consists for the most part of syntactic modification of base forms. (Author/HP)
Descriptors: Grammar, Higher Education, Language Instruction, Second Language Learning

Strozer, Judith – Hispania, 1978
An analysis is given of certain clitic pronouns that are the source of confusion in the classroom and for which fully satisfying explanations are not to be found in traditional grammars and contemporary studies. (Author/HP)
Descriptors: Grammar, Higher Education, Language Instruction, Pronouns
Lantolf, James P. – 1990
A study is presented that examines the null-subject parameter (NSP) and that seeks to attain the following objectives: (1) to assess the validity of the implicational hierarchy for the NSP, especially as proposed by Liceras (1989); and (2) to determine if there is any evidence to support the theory of the Weaker Logical Problem of Acquisition…
Descriptors: Grammar, Higher Education, Interlanguage, Language Patterns

Laufer, Batia – System, 1976
An approach to teaching grammar to university students in a reading comprehension course in English as a foreign language is presented. It is argued that the material and the method of teaching should be determined by the special aim of the course. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Grammar, Higher Education, Language Instruction

Lipski, John M. – Hispania, 1978
Discusses the rules governing the usage of the indefinite article in Spanish. (HP)
Descriptors: Determiners (Languages), Grammar, Higher Education, Language Instruction
Duncan, Annelise M. – 1991
The task of teaching grammar in language courses is difficult because many American students lack a thorough grounding in the structure of their own language that could serve as a model framework for learning the grammar of another. It is helpful therefore for language teachers to stress parallel structures in the two languages, and to introduce…
Descriptors: Grammar, High Schools, Higher Education, Language Proficiency
Schwarte, Barbara S. – 1982
The acquisition of English sentential complementation by adult native speakers of Finnish was investigated. Forty-three Finnish university students were administered a written test consisting of production tasks, subcategorization and syntactic categories, and comprehension items. Cross sectional data were analyzed to determine whether an…
Descriptors: Adults, Cross Sectional Studies, English (Second Language), Finnish

Helt, Richard C. – Modern Language Journal, 1977
A simplified formula for teaching German word order to American students is suggested. Other formulas in a few manuals are reviewed; suggestions for application of this one are offered. Consistent use of the formula has resulted in quicker development of a native feeling for the structure of the language. (AMH)
Descriptors: Educational Media, German, Higher Education, Language Instruction

Thomas, Ursula – Unterrichtspraxis, 1978
Describes a device or "game" using 3x5 cards to divide sentences in such a way as to guide the language learner to anticipate grammatical structures; to make him aware that grammar, as well as vocabulary, conveys meaning. (EJS)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Educational Games, Games, German

Rosa, Elena; O'Neill, Michael D. – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1999
Investigates how second language intake was affected both by awareness and by the conditions under which a problem-solving task was performed. Spanish conditional sentences were presented to learners through five different degrees of explicitness. Intake was measured through a multiple-choice recognition test administered immediately after the…
Descriptors: College Students, Higher Education, Language Research, Multiple Choice Tests

Chastain, Kenneth – Modern Language Journal, 1990
Comparison of college students' (N=14) graded and ungraded Spanish compositions revealed that, when they anticipated receiving a grade, students wrote longer compositions with more complex sentences. However, the type and number of errors varied among students. (CB)
Descriptors: College Students, Comparative Analysis, Error Analysis (Language), Grading

Liu, Charles A. – Journal of the Chinese Language Teachers Association, 1978
An analysis of "de" sentences in Chinese in order to capture their syntactic and semantic features and, as a result, to state rules for generating them. The study is organized under eight headings and provides 147 examples in Chinese and English. (AMH)
Descriptors: Chinese, Grammar, Higher Education, Language Instruction

Winitz, Harris – Modern Language Journal, 1996
Investigated whether the methodologies of explicit and implicit language instruction account for differences in the identification of grammatically well-formed sentences for college students of Spanish. Results showed that students receiving implicit instruction scored significantly higher in a grammaticality judgment test than those receiving…
Descriptors: College Students, Grammar, Higher Education, Second Language Instruction

Akin, Judy O'Neal – Unterrichtspraxis, 1978
Sample sentence-combining lessons developed to accompany the first-year A-LM German textbook are presented. The exercises are designed for language manipulation practice; they involve breaking down more complex sentences into simpler sentences and the subsequent recombination into complex sentences. All language skills, and particularly writing,…
Descriptors: German, Higher Education, Instructional Materials, Language Instruction