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Chien, Chi-ying – English Language Teaching, 2019
The study of teaching translation has always been influenced by the theory of foreign language teaching, regardless of the theoretical or practical approaches the researchers used. In the classroom, students are frequently bored with translating grammar because they are seldom taught how grammar works. In view of this teaching gap, this study…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Tribushinina, Elena; Dubinkina, Elena; Sanders, Ted – First Language, 2015
The ability of language-impaired children to maintain coherence by using discourse connectives has so far been assessed by quantitative measures. This study is a first attempt to scrutinize the "quality" of connective use in specific language impairment (SLI). The authors investigate whether Russian-speaking children reveal sensitivity…
Descriptors: Language Impairments, Error Patterns, Attribution Theory, Interviews
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Adu-Gyamfi, Kwaku; Bossé, Michael J.; Chandler, Kayla – International Journal for Mathematics Teaching and Learning, 2015
While it is well recognized that students are prone to difficulties when performing linguistic-to-algebra translations, the nature of students' difficulties remain an issue of contention. Moreover, the literature indicates that these difficulties are not easily remediated by domain-specific instruction. Some have opined that this is the case…
Descriptors: Algebra, Error Patterns, Guidelines, Mathematics Instruction
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Yunis, Melor Md; Haris, Siti Nor Fatimah – International Education Studies, 2014
This paper investigates the use of discourse markers among Form Four second language learner (SLL) students in essay writing. The objectives of this study are to discover how Form Four SLL students use discourse markers in their essay writing and to identify the teachers' perception about the usage of discourse markers among students. 30…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Essays, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Karoly, Adrienn – English for Specific Purposes, 2012
This paper reports the findings of a study aiming to reveal the recurring patterns of lexical, syntactic and textual errors in student translations of a specialized EU genre from English into Hungarian. By comparing the student translations to the official translation of the text, this article uncovers the most frequent errors that students made…
Descriptors: Translation, Syntax, Language Styles, English