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Peer reviewedZobl, Helmut – TESOL Quarterly, 1982
Discusses the influence a first language can have on the acquisition of a second language. Includes some tentative proposals on the interaction of prior first-language knowledge and the creative construction process. (EKN)
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Error Analysis (Language), Interference (Language), Interlanguage
Peer reviewedZamel, Vivian – TESOL Quarterly, 1982
Argues that the emphasis of writing instruction in ESL classes should be on writing as a creative process, not on syntax, vocabulary, and rhetorical form. (EKN)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Processing, Postsecondary Education, Second Language Learning
Peer reviewedBialystok, Ellen – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1987
The development of the concept of word is discussed in terms of specific advantages that might be available to bilingual children when compared with their monolingual peers. Three studies are reviewed in which bilingual children show more advanced understanding of some aspects of the concept of word than do monolingual children (Author/LMO)
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Processes, Comparative Analysis
Vivas, Dolores M. – 1979
A common assumption underlying cross-linquistic studies in child language is that the comparison of any feature in unrelated languages may simplify semantic-grammatical complexities in a way that studies on a single language cannot. This paper begins by discussing the order of acquisition of grammatical morphemes in Spanish by four…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Child Language, English, Grammar
Peer reviewedMontanaro, Silvana – NAMTA Journal, 2001
Discusses pre-linguistic and linguistic stages of language acquisition that are part of a continuum of receptivity and communication every child experiences in the first 3 years of life. Suggests parents assist language development by being sympathetic to each developmental turning point, providing the right emotional climate for expression, and…
Descriptors: Caregiver Speech, Child Language, Early Childhood Education, Educational Environment
Chen, Margaret – 1979
This paper investigates the development of negative Wh-questions in a four year old subject acquiring English as her L1. Spontaneous and elicited speech samples were collected over a period of 6 months. During the course of the study, the subject began to invert subject and auxiliary, and by the end of the study she was inverting correctly in 38%…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Child Language, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes
Muller, Charles – 1978
A study is described of heuristic devices useful in learning both native and second languages. The study concerns particularly the means used by very young students (second and third graders) in vocabulary acquisition and in the establishment of semantic relationships. It was of concern to verify if (1) the children would use their knowledge of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Discovery Learning, Discovery Processes, Elementary Education
