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Mantell, Arlene Lois – 1972
Two curriculum strategies were implemented and assessed in an effort to increase the bidialectal proficiency of fifth grade speakers of nonstandard Negro dialect. It was hypothesized that (1) children exposed to the curriculum strategies will show increased proficiency in their use of standard English; (2) children thus exposed will maintain…
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Grade 5, Language Patterns, Language Proficiency
Le Goffic, Pierre; Besse, Henri – Franc Dans Monde, 1970
Special issued devoted to the problems of teaching Level II of French. (DS)
Descriptors: French, Language Ability, Language Instruction, Language Learning Levels
Download full textMougeon, Raymond; Carroll, Suzanne – 1976
This study examines the usage of the auxiliaries "avoir" and "etre" in the passe compose and pluperfect. The study is primarily based on a sample of French written by agroup of grade 9 Franco-Ontarian pupils from the Sudbury region. The students' written French is shown to include a high proportion of cases where intransitive…
Descriptors: Error Patterns, French, Grammar, Language Instruction
Mougeon, Raymond; Carroll, Susanne – 1975
This study examines the usage of preposition "pour" in the written and spoken French of two groups of Grade 9 and 12 Franco-Ontarian bilingual students from Welland and from the Sudbury area. Both the students' written and spoken French are shown to include a substantial proportion of constructions with "pour" which deviate…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, English, Error Patterns, Form Classes (Languages)
Peer reviewedSvalberg, Agneta M. -L. – World Englishes, 1998
Suggests that the variety of English spoken in Brunei (BNE), sometimes called nonstandard, is still at an early stage of development and there is little awareness among its speakers of some differences from standard English (STE). Results of a grammaticality judgment test administered to 106 university students, designed to find nonstandard verb…
Descriptors: College Students, Contrastive Linguistics, Diachronic Linguistics, English
Hawaii State Dept. of Education, Honolulu. Office of the Superintendent. – 1988
A review of literature relating to the use of Hawaiian pidgin and standard English and their relationship to school achievement was undertaken in response to concerns regarding state educational policy for language use and proficiency. The research reviewed includes pidgin and creole studies, second language acquisition research, and studies of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Creoles, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language)
Grosjean, Francois, Ed. – 1989
The journal of linguistics of the University of Neuchatel (Switzerland) contains information on the programs and faculty and articles in French (F) and English (E). They include: "From Behavioral Psychology to Sociolinguistics: Ten Years of Linguistics Applied to Language Teaching at Neuchatel" (F); "Intonation and Syntax:…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Child Language, Classroom Techniques, Consonants
