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Boyd, John A. – 1974
The purpose of this study was to determine whether clozentropy would reveal the amount and rate of language change in a specific social group. Students in four basic interpersonal communication classes at the University of Wyoming were selected at the beginning of the semester to serve as subjects for this study. Two major conclusions were reached…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Communication (Thought Transfer), Higher Education, Language Patterns
Rinnert, Carol; Hansen, Mark – 1986
An effective, systematic approach to teaching English articles in English as a second language instruction is described, with specific exercises using the approach presented. Background information on count and non-count nouns and determiners in English is outlined. Four principles underlying the choice of definite or indefinite articles in…
Descriptors: Case (Grammar), Cloze Procedure, Determiners (Languages), English (Second Language)

Aitken, Kenneth G. – 1976
This paper presents some reasons for reconsidering the use of discrete structure-point tests of language proficiency, and suggests an alternative basis for designing proficiency tests. Discrete point tests are one of the primary tools of the audio-lingual method of teaching a foreign language and are based on certain assumptions, including the…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Cloze Procedure, Communicative Competence (Languages), Error Analysis (Language)
Mitchell, Keith, Ed.; Parkinson, Brian, Ed. – Edinburgh Working Papers in Applied Linguistics, 1997
Papers on applied linguistics and language pedagogy include: "A Genre Analysis Study of 80 Medical Abstracts" (Kenneth Anderson, Joan Maclean); "Oral Classroom Testing in an Adult French Community Class" (Sheena Davies, Aileen Irvine, Jacqueline Larrieu); "Whose Relevance? Interpretation of Hybrid Texts by a Multiple…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Applied Linguistics, Audience Response, Bilingualism