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Download full textZitouni, Mimouna; Almutairi, Mashael – Eurasian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2022
This study is based on a broad research question: How does the translation into Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) capture and convey the meanings embedded within languages belonging both inside and outside the sphere of the Arab world? To answer this question, a translation and literary study of borrowings, combining the methods of etymology and…
Descriptors: Arabic, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Linguistic Borrowing
Soudek, Lev I.; Soudek, Miluse – 1984
Current practices and materials for teaching English as a second language (ESL) contain oversimplifications about English based on the assumption of a uniform language type and standard of usage, presented to foreign learners for pedagogical clarity. ESL teachers may be aware of the language's diversity but are not prepared to provide…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Dialects, English (Second Language), Language Styles
Fidalgo, Reyes – 1999
The focus of this highly quantitative investigation is the analysis of the differences observed, both in methodological approach and in language choice in the classroom, during five years of classroom visitations. The study reflects information collected from two very different institutions with radically distinct populations: a rural setting with…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Classroom Environment, Classroom Research, Dialects
Center for Applied Linguistics, Washington, DC. Language/Area Reference Center. – 1985
The materials status report for Uigur, a Turkic language spoken in the Sinkiang-Uigur Autonomous Region in northwest China and in the Soviet Socialist Republics of Kazakh and Uzbek, is one of a series intended to provide the nonspecialist with a picture of the availability and quality of texts for teaching various languages to English speakers.…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Dialects, Dictionaries, Difficulty Level
Center for Applied Linguistics, Washington, DC. Language/Area Reference Center. – 1985
The materials status report for Tigrinya, which is spoken in Ethiopia, is one of a series intended to provide the nonspecialist with a picture of the availability and quality of texts for teaching a given language to English speakers. Each report consists of: (1) a brief narrative description of the language, the areas where it is spoken, its…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Dialects, Dictionaries, Difficulty Level
Center for Applied Linguistics, Washington, DC. Language/Area Reference Center. – 1985
The materials status report for Zulu is one of a series intended to provide the nonspecialist with a picture of the availability and quality of texts for teaching a given language to English speakers. The report consists of: (1) a brief narrative description of the language, the areas where it is spoken, its major dialects, its writing system,…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Dialects, Dictionaries, Difficulty Level
Center for Applied Linguistics, Washington, DC. Language/Area Reference Center. – 1985
The materials status report for Xhosa is one of a series intended to provide the nonspecialist with a picture of the availability and quality of texts for teaching a given language to English speakers. The report consists of: (1) a brief narrative description of the language, the areas where it is spoken, its major dialects, its writing system,…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Dialects, Dictionaries, Difficulty Level
Center for Applied Linguistics, Washington, DC. Language/Area Reference Center. – 1985
The materials status report for Portuguese is one of a series intended to provide the nonspecialist with a picture of the availability and quality of texts for teaching the language to English speakers. The report consists of: (1) a brief narrative description of the language, the areas where it is spoken, its major dialects, its writing system,…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Dialects, Dictionaries, Difficulty Level
Center for Applied Linguistics, Washington, DC. Language/Area Reference Center. – 1985
The materials status report for Dari, the dialect of Persian (Farsi) spoken in Afghanistan, is one of a series intended to provide the nonspecialist with a picture of the availability and quality of texts for teaching various languages to English speakers. The report consists of: (1) a brief narrative description of Dari, the areas where it is…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Dialects, Dictionaries, Difficulty Level
Center for Applied Linguistics, Washington, DC. Language/Area Reference Center. – 1985
The materials status report for Baluchi, the major regional language in Pakistan, is one of a series intended to provide the nonspecialist with a picture of the availability and quality of texts for teaching various languages to English speakers. The report consists of: (1) a brief narrative description of Baluchi, the areas where it is spoken,…
Descriptors: Baluchi, Content Analysis, Dialects, Dictionaries
Center for Applied Linguistics, Washington, DC. Language/Area Reference Center. – 1985
The materials status report for Lao is one of a series intended to provide the nonspecialist with a picture of the availability and quality of texts for teaching various languages to English speakers. The report consists of: (1) a brief narrative description of Lao, the areas where it is spoken, its major dialects, its writing system, points of…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Dialects, Dictionaries, Difficulty Level
Center for Applied Linguistics, Washington, DC. Language/Area Reference Center. – 1985
The materials status report for Lingala, a lingua franca spoken in central Africa, is one of a series intended to provide the nonspecialist with a picture of the availability and quality of texts for teaching various languages to English speakers. The report consists of: (1) a brief narrative description of Lingala, the areas where it is spoken,…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Dialects, Dictionaries, Difficulty Level
Center for Applied Linguistics, Washington, DC. Language/Area Reference Center. – 1985
The materials status report for Kikongo, a lingua franca that developed out of several Bantu languages in Congo and Zaire, is one of a series intended to provide the nonspecialist with a picture of the availability and quality of texts for teaching various languages to English speakers. The report consists of: (1) a brief narrative description of…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Dialects, Dictionaries, Difficulty Level
Center for Applied Linguistics, Washington, DC. Language/Area Reference Center. – 1985
The materials status report for Azerbaijani, the language spoken in the Soviet Socialist Republic of Azerbaijan and in Iran, is one of a series intended to provide the nonspecialist with a picture of the availability and quality of texts for teaching various languages to English speakers. The report consists of: (1) a brief narrative description…
Descriptors: Azerbaijani, Content Analysis, Dialects, Dictionaries
Center for Applied Linguistics, Washington, DC. Language/Area Reference Center. – 1985
The materials status report for Sudanese Arabic is one of a series intended to provide the nonspecialist with a picture of the availability and quality of texts for teaching a given language to English speakers. Each report consists of: (1) a brief narrative description of the language, the areas where it is spoken, its major dialects, its writing…
Descriptors: Arabic, Content Analysis, Dialects, Dictionaries
