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| Cooper, Robert L. | 1 |
| Eisenstein, Miriam | 1 |
| Halleck, Gene B. | 1 |
| Krashen, Stephen D. | 1 |
| Moder, Carol Lynn | 1 |
| Rivers, Wilga M. | 1 |
| Seliger, Herbert W. | 1 |
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| Reports - Descriptive | 1 |
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Peer reviewedKrashen, Stephen D. – TESOL Quarterly, 1976
Evidence is presented to support the hypothesis that informal and formal environments contribute to different aspects of second language competence, the former affecting acquired competence and the latter affecting learned competence. Data is presented that suggests that the classroom can be used simultaneously as a formal and informal linguistic…
Descriptors: Child Language, Language Instruction, Language Research, Learning Processes
Peer reviewedSeliger, Herbert W. – TESOL Quarterly, 1979
This article discusses an experiment designed to examine the relationship between the external explanations that learners give for their language behavior, and actual language performance. The subjects who were native and non-native speakers of English were tested on their use of definite articles. (CFM)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Determiners (Languages), English (Second Language), Grammar
Peer reviewedHalleck, Gene B.; Moder, Carol Lynn – TESOL Quarterly, 1995
Examines the relative contributions of linguistic and strategic competence to the performance of international teaching assistants (ITAs) on a teaching task. Study one examines the relative contribution of language and teaching skills to overall test performance, and study two examines the effect of a one-semester training class on the retest…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Foreign Nationals, Language Tests, Linguistic Competence
Peer reviewedRivers, Wilga M. – TESOL Quarterly, 1973
Paper prepared under contract with the Defense Language Institute, English Language Branch, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, and presented to the staff and faculty of the Institute in May 1972. (RS)
Descriptors: Communication Skills, English (Second Language), Language Instruction, Learning Processes
Peer reviewedAbraham, Roberta G. – TESOL Quarterly, 1984
Analysis of two studies (interpreted in terms of the distinction between language acquisition and language learning) showed that subjects tended to cluster the -s's on a few verbs rather than randomly, suggesting that the morpheme may be acquired not in isolation but attached to particular verbs. (SL)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Grammar, Language Research, Linguistic Competence
Peer reviewedTESOL Quarterly, 1972
Descriptors: Language Proficiency, Language Tests, Linguistic Competence, Measurement Instruments
Peer reviewedEisenstein, Miriam; And Others – TESOL Quarterly, 1982
Examines and compares two measures of adult second language learner performance: cued production and elicited imitation. Discusses the utility of each in terms of the contrasting results of the tasks on a carefully delineated area of grammar, namely the related structure of third person simple present and present progressive in WH-questions. (EKN)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Imitation, Language Patterns, Language Processing
Peer reviewedCooper, Robert L. – TESOL Quarterly, 1970
Rejects the assumptions which underlie the audiolingual method and offers two alternative propositions: (1) successful use of language requires the acquisition of communicative as well as linguistic competence and (2) first and second language learning are analogous processes. (Author/FB)
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Child Language, Communicative Competence (Languages), Language Instruction
