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Das, Bikram K. – CIEFL Bulletin, 1978
Some of the "supra-grammatical" features of scripts written by undergraduate students in India are examined. The script writing was a test administered to assess the proficiency of students in the advanced cognitive and rhetorical skills involved in composition, both in their native language and English. The particular type of composition chosen…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Expository Writing, Generalization, Grammar
Das, Bikram K. – CIEFL Bulletin, 1978
A study was conducted to investigate: (1) what linguistic and mental abilities are involved in composition; (2) to what extent undergraduate students in India possess these abilities, in English and in their native language; and (3) to what extent these abilities are being taught. The major portion of the paper discusses the nature of composition,…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, English (Second Language), Expository Writing, Indians
Das, Bikram K. – CIEFL Bulletin, 1974
This new method for teaching college English in India is based on prior assumptions but is given a justification and a methodological framework previously lacking. The method, which lies somewhere between the manipulative control and regimentation employed at the school level and the total freedom of the existing college method, is described in…
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, Curriculum Development, English (Second Language), Grammar
