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Lord, R. – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1974
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Child Language, Language Acquisition, Language Instruction
Some Test Formats for Elicitation Procedures
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Zydatiss, Wolfgang – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1974
Tests to discover the nature of the second language learner's language are discussed. Such tests are based on the assumptions that the development of the system of the foreign language in the learner follows certain regular patterns, and that the learner's grammar is essentially systematic at any stage of his learning. (RM)
Descriptors: Child Language, Cognitive Processes, Language Acquisition, Language Instruction
The Psychological Aspects of the Early Teaching of Modern Languages
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van Parreren, C. F. – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1976
Argues against the teaching of foreign languages to children under the age of ten, basing conclusions on empirical and theoretical evidence. (CLK)
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Child Language, Children, FLES
Negation im natuerlichen englisch-deutschen Zweitsprachenerwerb: eine Fallstudie (Negation in Natural English-German Second Language Acquisition: A Case Study).
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Lange, Dietrich – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1979
The development of German proficiency by a three-year-old Australian boy living in Germany was monitored for a five-month period. His command of German negation is reported. The study is seen as bearing on issues in first and second language acquisition, such as competence and interference. (JB)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Child Language, German, Interference (Language)