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Matos, Marta Vacas – Research-publishing.net, 2018
Most of the more serious mistakes we make in our second or third languages are not linked to grammar, but to pragmatics (Félix-Brasdefer, 2008; Kasper & Rose, 1999; Olshtain & Blum-Kulka, 1985; Rose & Kasper, 2001). While language textbooks are often focused on grammar content distributed throughout a communicative syllabus (Lázaro…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Spanish, Error Patterns, Pragmatics
Sheen, Ronald – IRAL, 1996
Compared the results of the adult learning of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) using an inductive approach as opposed to a deductive one based on explicit contrastive analysis (CA) input. It is suggested that a deductive approach that uses CA input in EFL teaching and learning materials is more effective in minimizing error rates. (54…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Comparative Analysis, Contrastive Linguistics, Deduction