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Nakada, Seiichi – 1977
This paper explores the implications of presumed language universals and language particulars for second language teaching and learning. It is felt that an awareness of the universal features of language design builds confidence in the student who can concentrate on features which distinguish the target language from the native language. Examples…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, English, Grammar, Japanese
Nilsen, Don L. F. – 1971
The use of case frames of verbs as a control for the teaching of vocabulary items has a number of distinct advantages over other controls. The case frame associated with a particular vocabulary item, or with a particular semantic class, would be the same in the native and the target language (English). This would have the advantage of allowing the…
Descriptors: Adjectives, Adverbs, Applied Linguistics, Case (Grammar)
