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Download full textKabli, Hanan Mohammed – English Language Teaching, 2020
The present study investigates the effect of the first language (L1) on learners by using the negative and the positive evidence in the classrooms while teaching English directional prepositions such as 'to' and 'into'. It is assumed that Arabic has two versions of 'to'. It has the directional interpretation without boundary-crossing which is…
Descriptors: Semitic Languages, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
Direct linkBrezina, Vaclav; Pallotti, Gabriele – Second Language Research, 2019
Morphological complexity (MC) is a relatively new construct in second language acquisition (SLA). After critically discussing existing approaches to calculating MC in first- and second-language acquisition research, this article presents a new operationalization of the construct, the Morphological Complexity Index (MCI). The MCI is applied in two…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Morphology (Languages), Teaching Methods
Abad, José Vicente – PROFILE: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, 2013
In this article we present the results of a qualitative research study on the pedagogical factors that influence English teaching in four public schools of Medellín, Colombia. Twelve teachers were interviewed regarding three linguistic principles: communicative competence, native language effect, and interlanguage. The data analysis led to the…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Mizuno, Harumitsu – Japan Association of College English Teachers: JACET Bulletin, 1985
The purpose of this paper is to examine the process of interlanguage development in Japanese adult learners of English as a Second Language (ESL) in acquisition-poor environments. A total of 353 subjects were divided into 9 groups based on their level of English proficiency and tested to determine: (1) what types of errors Japanese adult ESL…
Descriptors: Adults, Determiners (Languages), Discourse Analysis, English (Second Language)
Richards, David R. – 1977
The interlanguage hypothesis stresses that errors are a normal part of the language learning process. At the same time, in the view of many, the teacher has a responsibility to provide short cuts for the learner through appropriate corrective feedback. Conventionally, this has been taken to imply correction of expression by requiring repetition of…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Child Language, Communication Skills, Communicative Competence (Languages)
Trevisi, Sandra – 1978
This study presents an analysis of the successive steps used by Italian-speaking secondary school students to acquire mastery of the relative pronoun in standard French. This structure was chosen for study because the acquisition of the French relative pronoun is a source of difficulty for Italian learners. An analysis was made of the students…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Communicative Competence (Languages), Error Analysis (Language)
