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Peer reviewedOller, John W., Jr. – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1971
Revised version of a paper presented at the Second International Congress of Applied Linguistics, Cambridge, England, 1969. (DS)
Descriptors: Charts, Grammar, Language Instruction, Linguistic Theory
Peer reviewedOller, John W., Jr.; Ziahosseiny, Seid M. – Language Learning, 1970
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, English (Second Language), Grammar, Interference (Language)
Download full textOller, John W., Jr. – 1970
This paper is strongly critical of the transformational approach to language, which, according to the author, "has presented an essentially incorrect view of the nature of language by treating it as a self-contained system, independent of its use as a medium of human communication." Four aspects of transformational theory found to follow from the…
Descriptors: Behavior Theories, Communication (Thought Transfer), Deep Structure, Language Instruction
Peer reviewedOller, John W., Jr. – Modern Language Journal, 1970
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Deep Structure, Language Instruction, Language Research
