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Prepositions and Prepositional Patterns
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Ghadessy, Mohsen – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1974
An experiment in which prepositions are analyzed on a formal basis is reported. Results of the experiment are discussed. (RM)
Descriptors: English, Form Classes (Languages), Language Instruction, Language Patterns
Applied Generative Phonology: A Methodology for Teaching Pronunciation
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Schnitzer, Marc L. – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1974
An exercise developed to aid an aphasia patient in relearning rules governing phonological changes in English was later used in a pilot study attempting to teach English pronunciation to French speakers by rule rather than by rote. The method used and the results obtained are reported. (RM)
Descriptors: Aphasia, English (Second Language), Generative Phonology, Language Instruction
Implications of Error Analysis for Second/Foreign Language Acquisition.
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Ghadessy, Mohsen – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1980
Discusses the results of an error analysis of 100 English compositions written by university students in Iran. It is suggested that mistakes are not primarily due to interference from the native language, but to developmental errors, similar to errors made in first language acquisition. (Author/AMH)
Descriptors: Adults, Contrastive Linguistics, Error Analysis (Language), Error Patterns
The Importance of Negative Transfer in the Speech of Near-Bilinguals.
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Sheen, Ronald – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1980
Discusses the literature on interference as the cause of errors in second language speech. A study is reported which shows that interference by the native language is most often the factor responsible for the largest number of mistakes in grammar and vocabulary. (Author/AMH)
Descriptors: Adults, Bilingualism, Discourse Analysis, Error Analysis (Language)
Semi-programmation et controle psycho-pedagogique (Semi-Programation and Psycho-Pedagogical Control).
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Wajskop-Hianne, M.; Renkin, A. – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1968
With the immediate aim of reinforcing the productive and receptive control of ordinary spoken language, experiments were undertaken using two methods of teaching French to university students with some knowledge of the written language. The first of the two groups involved in the experiment completed a 240-hour course consisting primarily of…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Audiolingual Skills, College Language Programs, Comparative Analysis