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Download full textBarker, Glenn; Sorhus, Helen – 1975
This four volume study and report was undertaken to aid students of English as a second language by encouraging them to make use of fixed expression (cliche) as a nonliteral filler when speaking. Over 135,000 words of natural language were examined and a range fixed expressions were isolated and placed into the categories of interjection,…
Descriptors: Cliches, English (Second Language), Language Patterns, Language Research
Morrisroe, Michael; Morrisroe, Sue – Elementary English, 1972
Survey of seventeen articles, with general comments on the quality of research in the area. (SP)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Research, Oral English, Reading
CERVENKA, EDWARD J. – 1967
A STUDY TO DEVELOP INSTRUMENTS TO MEASURE CHILD BILINGUALISM AND BICULTURAL SOCIALIZATION WAS CONDUCTED IN DEL RIO, TEXAS, A MEXICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY IN WHICH SCHOOL IS TAUGHT IN BOTH SPANISH AND ENGLISH. THREE INSTRUMENTS WERE DEVELOPED--(1) A SERIES OF 6 TESTS FOR MEASURING LINGUISTIC COMPETENCE IN ENGLISH, (2) A SIMILAR SERIES OF 6 TESTS FOR…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Bilingualism, Contrastive Linguistics, Grade 1
