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Marton, Waldemar – Studia Anglica Posnaniensia, 1972
Pessimism regarding pedagogical applications of contrastive studies, and reasons therefore, are described. Several misunderstandings believed to contribute to this pessimism, and several areas of controversy concerning uses of contrastive studies, are discussed. See FL 508 197 for availability. (RM)
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Interference (Language), Language Instruction, Psycholinguistics
James, Carl – IRAL, 1969
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Deep Structure, Interference (Language), Linguistic Theory
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Chandrasekhar, A. – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1978
A brief discussion of the role of contrastive linguistics and transformational generative grammar in studying transfer and interference in language learning. The base language is not necessarily the mother tongue. It is the language known by the learner which most closely resembles the new language being learned. (AMH)
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Contrastive Linguistics, Error Analysis (Language), Interference (Language)
Brown, T. Grant – Lang Learning, 1969
Reply to a paper entitled "Implications of Recent Psycholinguistic Developments for the Teaching of a Second Language, by Leon A. Jakobovits, which appeared in "Language Learning, volume 18, number 1 and 2, June 1968. (DS)
Descriptors: Interference (Language), Learning Theories, Linguistic Theory, Pattern Drills (Language)
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Elerick, Charles – 1977
The internalized grammar of the bilingual is different from that of a monolingual. The bilingual has, in addition to the entries that are proper to each of the two languages he speaks, certain union entries. These are extensive in the case of the Spanish/English bilingual since there are many items in the two languages that manifest systematic…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Contrastive Linguistics, English, Generative Phonology
Reeds, James A. – 1972
The relevance to elementary foreign language instruction of certain findings of child language development (native language) and the psychology of language acquisition is examined. A set of premises is proposed for a new scheme for the teaching of German based on these findings, namely, that comprehension precedes production, that language…
Descriptors: Child Language, Comprehension, Educational Research, German