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Verma, Shivendra K. – RELC Journal, 1973
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Contrastive Linguistics, Language Instruction, Language Skills
Ladmiral, Jean-Rene – Langages, 1975
Reviews the main issues involved in foreign language teaching methodologies. Particularly discusses how the learner may be affected by the metalanguage used in instruction, when it is composed of traditional grammar terminology or modern linguistic terminology or when none is used. (Text is in French.) (TL)
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Contrastive Linguistics, Descriptive Linguistics, Interference (Language)
PDF pending restorationMieszek, Aleksandra – 1976
This bibliography lists books, articles, papers, theses and dissertations describing English-Polish contrastive studies conducted in Poland. There are 403 works listed in both languages, divided into two groups: General Works and English-Polish Contrastive Studies. (CHK)
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Bibliographies, Contrastive Linguistics, Descriptive Linguistics
Svartvik, Jan, Ed. – 1973
Papers presented at the symposium of error analysis in Lund, Sweden, in September 1972, approach error analysis specifically in its relation to foreign language teaching and second language learning. Error analysis is defined as having three major aspects: (1) the description of the errors, (2) the explanation of errors by means of contrastive…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Contrastive Linguistics, Educational Objectives, Error Analysis (Language)
Sanders, Carol – Modern Languages, 1975
Reviews the relationship between linguistic theory and language teaching. The suggestion is made that a teaching approach should not be based completely on one theory, be it structuralist or generative. In selecting an approach, the teacher should draw selectively on various linguistic theories, on educational psychology, and on practical…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Educational Psychology, Language Instruction, Learning Processes
Lehmann, Winfred P. – Bulletin of the Association of Departments of Foreign Languages, 1979
Traces the history of linguistic theory as it has affected the field of second language instruction. (AM)
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Grammar, Language Instruction, Linguistic Theory
Strzyzewski, Zbigniew – Glottodidactica, 1975
The article describes particular structural aspects of German which are likely to cause difficulties for Polish-speaking learners. (Text is in German.) (DH)
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Comparative Analysis, Contrastive Linguistics, German
Zydatiss, Wolfgang – Englisch, 1977
Reviews two recent books on the role of linguistics in foreign language teaching, examining critically claims for the value of linguistics in teaching. Discusses the relation between theory and practice, sociolinguistic considerations, and measuring achievement. Considers what may reasonably be expected from applied linguistics. (Text is in…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Applied Linguistics, Language Instruction, Language Tests
Download full textSajavaara, Kari – 1977
This paper reviews the history of contrastive analysis (CA) against the background of its objectives and its present problems and presents an outline of procedures which seem to be necessary to make the methods meet the objectives of applied CA. CA in the United States was closely connected with structuralism, which was an obvious cause for later…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Contrastive Linguistics, Discourse Analysis, Error Analysis (Language)
Twaddell, Freeman – 1970
A brief analysis and definition of general linguistics focuses on distinct areas of study within the science, including descriptive, historical, comparative, and computational linguistics. Other branches of the science discussed are psycholinguistics, sociolinguistics, and dialectology. Technical concepts encountered in the literature are also…
Descriptors: Computational Linguistics, Descriptive Linguistics, Dialect Studies, Instructional Program Divisions
Halliday, M.A.K.; And Others – 1964
The relation of the linguistic sciences to language teaching and language learning is explored. Part 1 discusses linguistics, phonetics, and their place in the description of language. Relations between language and the people who use it are examined, as well as the place of comparison and translation in the acquisition of a second language. Part…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Bibliographies, Comparative Analysis, Descriptive Linguistics
Scovel, Thomas; Tuwichien, Aim-on – PASAA: Notes and News about Language Teaching and Linguistics in Thailand, 1974
Systematic and chance similarities between Thai and English are illustrated and discussed. The argument is made that a comparative analysis, which highlights the systematic similarities underlying the two languages, is as important in second language pedagogy as the more commonly found contrastive analysis. (Text is in Thai.) (Author/KM)
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Comparative Analysis, Contrastive Linguistics, Descriptive Linguistics
Greenberg, Joseph H.; And Others – 1971
This volume is a prepublication edition of four papers presented at a briefing held for representatives of government agencies, foundations and other organizations, November 12, 1970 at the National Museum of History and Technology of the Smithsonian Institution. "Linguistics as a Pilot Science," by Joseph H. Greenberg, examines the impact which…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Child Language, Diachronic Linguistics, Language Instruction
Goldsmith, Helen H. – 1969
A linguistic study of syntactic differences in the mass noun-count noun contrast in French and English reveals the problems encountered in the construction of illustrative sentences and other pattern drills. A definitional statement of the distinctions between the two classes of nouns includes numerous examples in both languages. By taking…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Contrastive Linguistics, English, Form Classes (Languages)
WARDHAUGH, RONALD – 1967
ALTHOUGH THE LINGUISTS, PSYCHOLOGISTS, AND TEACHERS WHO HAVE STRESSED THE HABITUAL ASPECTS OF LANGUAGE HAVE MADE MANY USEFUL CONTRIBUTIONS TO LINGUISTIC RESEARCH AND LANGUAGE TEACHING, THERE STILL REMAIN SOME BASIC PROBLEMS. WITH THE PSYCHOLOGIST, PEDAGOGUE, SOCIOLOGIST, AND ANTHROPOLOGIST, THE LINGUIST MUST ATTACK THE GROUP OF PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Contrastive Linguistics, Descriptive Linguistics, Habit Formation
