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Hollerbach, Wolf – 1975
The serious student of language, English or foreign, and especially the future language teacher must receive a solid training not only in theoretical but also in applied syntax. Such a course should be offered at the advanced level and deal with the syntax of the language involved in a rigorously systematic way. The search for a systematic, yet…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Deep Structure, Generative Grammar, Grammar
Download full textCooper, Thomas C. – 1973
This research project was designed to analyze by quantitative methods a corpus of writing produced by four groups of American college students enrolled in German courses and by one group of professional German writers. Analysis was undertaken in order to determine whether or not significant quantitative differences in the use of selected syntactic…
Descriptors: English, German, Higher Education, Language Acquisition
Adler, Alfred; Thomas, Jean Jacques – 1975
This paper describes a pilot program in an integrated media presentation of foreign languages and the production and usage of seven computer-generated video tapes which demonstrate various aspects of French syntax. This instructional set could form the basis for CAI lessons in which the student is presented images identical to those on the video…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, College Language Programs, Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Media
Davidson, David M. – 1976
To help assess the writing ability of college freshmen studying English as a second language (ESL), this study was undertaken to identify particular structures of subordination associated with writing maturity and to develop a diagnostic instrument to test student control of those structures. Following sentence-generating principles of…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Diagnostic Tests, English (Second Language), Higher Education
Peer reviewedArd, Josh; Gass, Susan M. – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1987
Data from responses to a grammaticality judgement test by 26 learners of English as a second language at two proficiency levels were used to investigate syntactic acquisition. Four syntactic structures were examined. Results suggest that less proficient subjects use syntactic strategies, while more proficient learners use semantic-based…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Grammatical Acceptability, Higher Education, Interlanguage
Willebrand, Julia – 1978
The major approaches to language teaching (audiolingual method, generative grammar, Community Language Learning and Silent Way) are investigated to discover whether or not they are compatible in structure with an information-processing model of memory (IPM). The model of memory used was described by Roberta Klatzky in "Human Memory:…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Audiolingual Methods, Cognitive Processes, Generative Grammar
Quinn, Terence J. – 1974
Recent evaluations of the influence of linguistics on language teaching indicate that there is a growing gulf between the two fields. Linguistics failed to provide a sound theoretical foundation for language teaching; it did not alter the content of language teaching, nor did it successfully modify the attitudes of teachers. The parameters of the…
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Elementary Secondary Education, Error Analysis (Language), Higher Education
PDF pending restorationDelisle, Gilles L.; Metallic, Manny L. – 1976
This teaching grammar is designed primarily for university-level students, but may also be used for adult courses, high school classes, and in junior colleges. The text takes the transformational-generative approach to language, in which the notions of system, derivation, and relation are emphasized rather than categorization and classification.…
Descriptors: Adult Students, American Indian Languages, Consonants, Grammar
Carranza, Jose M., Ed.; Whitmer, Robert L., Ed. – 1977
This collection resulting from a workshop on language teaching methodology contains the following papers: (1) "Current Views and Principles on Unlocking the FL Treasure Chest," by R. Lado; (2) "Effective Ways of Teaching First-Year French," by J.G. Nicholas; (3) "Teaching Conversation and Comprehension Skills in Elementary…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Computer Assisted Instruction, Conversational Language Courses, Foreign Language Films
Corder, S. P., Ed.; Roulet, E., Ed. – 1974
Papers from the 1973 Neuchatel Colloquium in Applied Linguistics are presented. Contents are as follows: "Karttunen's Types of Implication in English and German: A Contrastive Study," W. Abraham; "The Relevance of Generative Semantics for Language Teaching," R. Dirven; "'Be' plus 'ing' Revisited," H. Adamczeski; "The So-Called Deep Structures and…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Contrastive Linguistics, Deep Structure, Discourse Analysis
