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González, Ruth Carolina Betancourt; Martínez, Elizabeth Alvarado – MEXTESOL Journal, 2020
In order to investigate the internal factors present in the interlanguage of learners of English as a foreign language, a qualitative research study was implemented to analyze the written productions of college students. The main objective of this case study was to identify the type of errors the students made and suggest the cognitive reasons…
Descriptors: Interlanguage, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Selinker, Larry – IRAL, 1989
Examines three experimental studies deriving from contrastive analysis predictions and error analysis insights into deviances from expected target language forms. Each of these studies predate the Interlanguage hypothesis. (CB)
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Error Analysis (Language), Interlanguage, Language Research
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Meisel, Jurgen M. – Second Language Research, 1997
Compares the acquisition of the syntax of negation in first-language development and second-language acquisition, particularly the acquisition of colloquial French and German by native speakers of Spanish. The comparison is intended to shed light on the principles and mechanisms underlying first- and second-language development. (67 references)…
Descriptors: English, French, German, Grammar
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Ard, 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
Pham, Lee – Journal of Educational Issues of Language Minority Students, 1994
Presents various viewpoints on dual language acquisition by children. These include native language foundation, first-language monolinguals' vocabulary development, second-language learning, simultaneous acquisition strategies, television as a source of language learning, functions of language in discourse, analysis of conversation, syntax and…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Child Language, Discourse Analysis, Ethnography
Swierzbin, Bonnie, Ed.; Morris, Frank, Ed.; Anderson, Michael E., Ed.; Klee, Carol A., Ed.; Tarone, Elaine, Ed. – 2000
This edited volume includes the following chapters: "Three Kinds of Sociolinguistics and SLA: A Psycholinguistic Perspective" (Dennis R. Preston); "Getting Serious about Language Play: Language Play, Interlanguage Variation, and Second Language Acquisition" (Elaine Tarone); "Oppositional Talk and the Acquisition of Modality in L2 English" (Tom…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, English (Second Language), Grammar