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Titone, Renzo – System, 1979
Outlines concerns regarding needed adjustments in the teaching of reading to cope with a changing, complex world. (JB)
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Language Instruction, Language Processing, Psycholinguistics
Bernstein, Wolf – Linguistik und Didaktik, 1979
Laments the lack of attention given to interference in vocabulary learning as contrasted with that accorded to interference in the communicative function of language, because the former is of greater qualitative importance. Gives examples from several languages showing the origins and bases of interference. (IFS/WGA)
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Interference (Language), Language Instruction, Language Processing
Kielhoefer, Bernd – Linguistik und Didaktik, 1978
An experiment with 100 German students of French showed that with the word "profond" the students' semantic associations were based on the mother tongue, whereas with the word "rapide" they were more oriented to the French syntax. Semantic problems are both linguistic and sociocultural in nature. (IFS/WGA)
Descriptors: French, German, Interference (Language), Interlanguage
Aitken, Kenneth G. – Audio-Visual Language Journal, 1979
Presents an overview of "constructivist" models of speech perception and information processing and reviews a variety of aural comprehension evaluation techniques which reflect those models. (PMJ)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Auditory Perception, Language Instruction, Language Processing

Godfrey, Dennis – Language Learning, 1977
Advanced second language students' listening needs call for improvement in processing spoken discourse. Psychological data on memory span and linguistic discourse analysis findings are cited in support. A three-phase approach to listening instruction is proposed. (CHK)
Descriptors: Advanced Students, Discourse Analysis, Language Instruction, Language Learning Levels

Walsh, Terrence M.; Diller, Karl C. – 1977
Applied linguistic theory is examined in light of neuroscientific knowledge, especially in regard to the structure and function of the cerebral cortex, in order to illuminate the process and methods of teaching or learning language. Wernicke's Area and Broca's Area are parts of the brain that have been associated with language function.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Language Acquisition, Language Instruction, Language Processing
Flaherty, Etienne – 1979
Controlling the rate of oral delivery in the second language classroom has been demonstrated as beneficial to the learner, whose information-processing capacity is an important factor in listening comprehension. Rate of information delivery can be controlled by limiting the actual rate of words per unit of time, or by maintaining content…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Difficulty Level, Educational Testing, Language Instruction
Izumi, Masuko; And Others – Journal of the National Association of Learning Laboratory Directors, 1979
Discusses why and how language laboratories are used in Japan to develop aural perception and comprehension and oral production in English. Presents some practical suggestions for the preparation of relevant teaching materials. (PMJ)
Descriptors: Aural Learning, English (Second Language), Higher Education, Language Instruction
Godfrey, Dennis – 1975
This paper attempts to enact Rivers' (1971 and 1972) urgings to base ESL listening instruction on both psychological and linguistic findings and contends that advanced ESL students' listening needs call for improvement in processing spoken English discourse. Psychological data on memory span is cited to demonstrate that advanced ESL students…
Descriptors: Advanced Students, Cognitive Processes, Discourse Analysis, English (Second Language)
Py, Bernard – 1972
A progress report is presented of a study which applies a system of generative grammar to error analysis. The objective of the study was to reconstruct the grammar of students' interlanguage, using a systematic analysis of errors. (Interlanguage refers to the linguistic competence of a student who possesses a relatively systematic body of rules,…
Descriptors: Error Analysis (Language), Error Patterns, French, Generative Grammar
Painchaud-LeBlanc, Gisele – 1979
In order to attempt to identify the linguistic difficulties of slow learners, errors made by two groups of English-speaking adults learning French as a second language were compared. The subjects of the two groups shared similar characteristics, with the exception of the amount of time required to cover the same linguistic material (Group 1: 17…
Descriptors: Adults, Cognitive Style, Error Analysis (Language), Error Patterns

Chu-Chang, Mae; Loritz, Donald J. – Language Learning, 1977
Twenty-two Cantonese-speaking Chinese students and 16 Spanish-speaking students were tested for short-term memory encoding strategies on word-recognition tests. Chinese speakers were found to encode Chinese ideographs phonologically, but both Chinese and Spanish learners of English were found to encode English words visually. (Author/CFM)
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Chinese, English (Second Language), Ideography
Huot, France – 1978
The goal of this study is to discover the phonetic difficulties encountered in the acquisition of French as a second language by English-speaking children. The children are studying French in a total immersion situation without benefit of structural exercises or special French language laboratory classes. Of particular interest here is the extent…
Descriptors: Consonants, Elementary Education, Error Analysis (Language), French

Lamendella, John T. – TESOL Quarterly, 1979
Reexamines the question of why pattern practice fails by hypothesizing about the information processing activities that they entail. (Author/CFM)
Descriptors: Aphasia, Cognitive Processes, English (Second Language), Language Instruction
Deemer, Holly Beth – 1978
Certain aspects of the reading process have suggested that second language reading skills are determined to some extent by native language reading skills. Some of this research is reviewed here and an experiment is described in which the reading skills in Spanish and English of three groups of Spanish speakers learning English are compared.…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Instruction, Language Processing, Language Research