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Peer reviewedDube, Busi – Second Language Research, 2000
Argues that functional categories instantiated in the learners' first language (L1) transfer to the initial state of second language syntactic development. On the basis of Zulu interlanguage data on acquisition of the obligatory declarative complementizer "ukuthi" (that) by English native speakers, argues that Comp contains a null…
Descriptors: English, Grammar, Interlanguage, Language Acquisition
Download full textBatavia City Schools, NY. – 1974
The purpose of this revised composition and language curriculum guide is to meet a number of student needs in written language and make the teaching of language skills more effective. For each grade covered by this curriculum guide, three sets of expected skill acquisitions are given: basic, competency, and honors. Examples of these skills are…
Descriptors: Curriculum Guides, Elementary Secondary Education, English Instruction, Grammar
Arroyo, Nancy; And Others – 1974
For Spanish-speaking children, simple stories in Spanish, told in a natural language suitable for their age, are not only entertaining, but a means of developing vocabulary and concepts. Non-Spanish-speaking children, too, need exposure to more language than they can understand word for word. However, the simple stories for the Spanish speaker…
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Elementary Education, Grammar, Illustrations
Spanish Curricula Development Center, Miami Beach, FL. – 1977
The supplement and ditto packet to the Spanish SL strand of unit five for second graders provides visual materials for kits 17-20. Linguistic content of the unit was determined by its relation to the basic theme of the school as a community. Each kit treats a spiraling question. Illustrations are designed to implement oral language and conceptual…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Childrens Literature, Educational Media, Grade 2
Gallagher, W. K. – 1976
The paper discusses the major second language teaching methods used to date in contrast with the strategies and techniques all children so successfully employ in first language acquisition. Second language acquisition for adults is not identical to first language acquisition but research seems to support the theory that it is similar. Successful…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, Classroom Communication, Communication Skills
Spanish Curricula Development Center, Miami Beach, FL. – 1977
The Spanish SL strand of unit five for second graders provides the English-dominant child with the structures and vocabulary he will need for effective communication in a bilingual environment. This teacher's guide contains assessment activities, activities for oral language development, and activities for listening and related skills of…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Decoding (Reading), Grade 2, Grammar
