What Do Language Students Know About Grammar?.

Bloor, Thomas

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ERIC Number: EJ350957

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Publication Date: 1986

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What Do Language Students Know About Grammar?

Bloor, Thomas

British Journal of Language Teaching, v24 n3 p157-60 Win 1986

Questionnaire responses of college students revealed that those pursuing modern language or linguistic degrees (N=63) were significantly more aware and knowledgeable of traditional grammar than were students pursuing other degrees (N=175), although many had studied a foreign language at the secondary school or college level. (CB)

Descriptors: College Students, Comparative Analysis, Diagnostic Tests, Educational Background, Form Classes (Languages), Higher Education, Knowledge Level, Linguistics, Majors (Students), Performance, Second Language Learning, Traditional Grammar

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