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Toward a Grammar of Learners' Errors.
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Morrissey, Michael D. – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1983
Discusses linguistic competence and performance and how analyzing second language learners' errors can provide clues about their interlanguage, which is useful not only for pedagogical reasons, but also for the forwarding of general linguistic theory. (EKN)
Descriptors: Error Analysis (Language), Interlanguage, Language Research, Linguistic Competence
The Medium of Instruction (Mother-Tongue/Second Language) and the Formation of Scientific Concepts
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Strevens, Peter – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1971
Paper presented to the Fifth Rehovot International Conference on Science and Education in Developing States," Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel, August 1969. (VM)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Linguistic Competence, Linguistic Performance, Modern Language Curriculum
A 'Kiss of Life' for the Notion of Error
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Zydatiss, Wolfgang – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1974
Supports and expands upon S. P. Corder's theory that all the utterances of a language learner are well-formed and appropriate. (PMP)
Descriptors: Error Analysis (Language), Error Patterns, Interference (Language), Language Acquisition
Interlanguage
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Selinker, Larry – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1972
Earlier version of this paper was read at the Second International Congress of Applied Linguistics, Cambridge University, Cambridge, England, in September 1969. (VM)
Descriptors: Behavior Theories, Language Acquisition, Language Research, Learning Processes
Linguistics and Language Teaching
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Van Ek, J. A. – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1971
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Language Ability, Language Instruction, Language Research
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)