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Williams, Jessica – IDEAL, 1989
It is shown that, although native English speakers routinely use subject-verb-object questions for specific functions and in informal discourse, this question form rarely appears in textbooks or presentations used in English-as-a-Second-Language classrooms. Thus, language presented in these classes may not expose students to the complete range of…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Discourse Analysis, English (Second Language), Language Patterns
