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Goeller, Alfred – Linguistik und Didaktik, 1976
Recent research has worked out a system for French orthography which is useful in teaching foreign learners, especially as regards errors due to confusing similar words and to native language interference. Grammar-related errors are discussed, with suggestions for combating them. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)
Descriptors: Error Patterns, French, Interference (Language), Language Instruction
Gutschow, Harald – Englisch, 1973
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Error Patterns, Grammar, Language Instruction
Kremer, Richard – Englisch, 1975
Analyzes the sources of spelling errors made by English children. These are found to be not only linguistic but also psychological and social in nature. English ideas of teaching spelling are discussed. Parallels to the German school situation are drawn, and possibilities for solution are suggested. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Error Analysis (Language), Error Patterns, Language Instruction
Download full textHammerly, Hector – 1975
Types of hierarchies of pronunciation difficulty are discussed, and a hierarchy based on contrastive analysis plus informal observation is proposed. This hierarchy is less one of initial difficulty than of error persistence. One feature of this hierarchy is that, because of lesser learner awareness and very limited functional load, errors…
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Error Analysis (Language), Error Patterns, Interference (Language)
Spilka, Irene – 1976
Before any conclusions can be drawn about the relative complexity of grammatical items, the items should be thoroughly analyzed. For example, learning to use French gender involves much more than learning to recognize formal characteristics which account for gender in nouns; it also requires that semantic gender features be mastered, so that…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Contrastive Linguistics, Difficulty Level, Error Patterns
Sharp, Derrick – 1978
The emphasis of the Schools Council Research and Development Project at the University of Wales on teaching English to Welsh pupils aged 8-13 was on curriculum development. This paper covers the problem of acquiring the necessary basic knowledge about the needs of Welsh first language pupils in the learning of English when long-term, rigorous…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Curriculum Development, English (Second Language), Error Analysis (Language)
PDF pending restorationRingbom, Hakan, Ed.; Palmberg, Rolf, Ed. – 1976
The influence of mother-tongue interference is examined on the basis of data from two tests at different levels of English proficiency: a commercial-college level, covering 4-5 years of English studies, involving a composition and translation test, and a preuniversity level, covering 7-8 years of English studies, with a multiple-choice test. A…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Bibliographies, Contrastive Linguistics, English (Second Language)
Rey-von-Allmen, Micheline – 1977
The reflections in this paper represent part of a study of disadvantaged 13 to 15 year-old children of immigrants in Switzerland. This section deals with the process of learning spelling. In order to observe the students' learning, the same dictation was given four times during the school year. The results were studied intuitively and…
Descriptors: Code Switching (Language), Comprehension, Disadvantaged Youth, Error Analysis (Language)
