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Kachru, Yamuna; And Others – Studies in Language Learning, 1981
Computer-assisted instruction for Hindi courses at the University of Illinois is described in relation to the technical aspects of programming Hindi on the PLATO system and the curriculum components. The program focuses on review of the materials already covered in class and building understanding of a number of grammatical constructions by using…
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, Computer Assisted Instruction, Display Systems, Grammar
Staton, Jana; And Others – 1982
This is the second of two related documents that make up the final report of a study that analyzed the text of 26 student-teacher dialogue journals from a sixth grade classroom. The report defines "dialogue journal writing" as interactive, functional writing that occurs between students and teacher on a daily basis about self-generated…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Dialogs (Language), Elementary School Students, Grade 6
Speer, Blanche C. – 1975
The goals and approaches of Chinese curricula in large institutions vary from the preparation of students to do research in ancient government documents to the insistence on a mastery of spoken Mandarin adequate for functioning in a modern Chinese society. No institution does it all, but the limited program in a small college, free from the…
Descriptors: Chinese, Chinese Culture, College Curriculum, College Language Programs
Vinogradov, Victor V. – 1969
A chronologically presented, condensed adaptation into English of Vinogradov's classic work on the history of the Russian literary language from the 17th to the 19th century is broadened in scope by Lawrence Thomas' introduction. The text develops the fundamental interrelationship of Church Slavonic, chancery language of government, and the…
Descriptors: Authors, Church Role, Cyrillic Alphabet, Diachronic Linguistics
Lorenz, Marian Brown – 1971
This book is intended for students of English as a second language who have some knowledge of English but who need guidance and intensive structural practice in speaking the language. It contains ten units and provides grammar material for at least a one-semester course at the intermediate level. It is primarily geared to adult students in…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Adult Students, College Language Programs
Frank, Marcella – 1972
This reference guide presents detailed information about current English usage with emphasis on both formal and informal written language. The practical needs of advanced learners of English as a second language are considered and there is heavy concentration on grammatical usages that continue to trouble foreign students: articles, verb forms,…
Descriptors: Adjectives, Adverbs, English, English (Second Language)
Matthey, Marinette – Travaux Neuchatelois de Linguistique (TRANEL), 1996
This collection of diverse research papers in linguistics includes: "La notion de tour de parole dans une perspective syntaxique" ("The Notion of Turn Taking from a Syntactic Perspective") (Jean-Marc Luscher, Sandrine Piaget, Christian Rubattel); "'Si tu me fais honneur d'un p'tit telephone demain matin ben je suis…
Descriptors: English, Foreign Countries, Interpersonal Communication, Language Patterns
Zhiwei, Feng – 1995
Trends and developments in computer applications in Chinese language research are described, focusing on these areas: input of Chinese characters and Chinese corpus; automatic segmentation of Chinese written text in corpus; development of a grammar knowledge base for Chinese words to be used as a resource for text segmentation and corpus…
Descriptors: Chinese, Computational Linguistics, Computer Software, Databases
Huang, Su-yueh – Tunghai Journal, 2000
This study compares the effectiveness of audio-taped feedback (ATF) with traditional written feedback (WF). Its focus is on the ATF and WF provided to 23 college sophomore English majors at a Taiwan university. Students were also asked at the end of the academic year to evaluate and compare both ATF and WF from their perspective. It is concluded…
Descriptors: Audiotape Recordings, Audiovisual Instruction, College Students, Comparative Analysis
Ontario Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities, Toronto. Literacy and Basic Skills Section. – 2000
The Aboriginal Language Standardisation (ALS) Project's task is to develop quality literacy materials in order to help preserve aboriginal languages of Canada. The Canadian Assembly of First Nations, a group of tribal leaders, recently called for the establishment of standards for written and oral languages by approving terminology, developing…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Canada Natives, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries

Angelil-Carter, Shelley – TESOL Quarterly, 1997
Argues that acquisition of English-as-a-Second-Language research must take into account social context and power relations in order to explain language learning processes. Uses interview data and writing samples to demonstrate how a student in South Africa is influenced in his written discourse in English by his power relations and experience as a…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Students, Context Effect, Data Analysis
Matras, Yaron, Ed. – 1995
This collection of essays focuses on historical, structural, lexical, and sociological aspects of Romani and its regional variations. The focus is primarily but not exclusively on oral language. Essays include: "On Typological Changes and Structural Borrowing in the History of European Romani" (Vit Bubenik); "On the Migration and…
Descriptors: Diachronic Linguistics, Discourse Analysis, Ethnic Groups, Etymology
Jacobson, Steven A. – 1994
The guide is intended for classroom teachers and school district personnel to use in planning and implementing bilingual education and native language instruction for Yup'ik populations in Alaska. Focus here is on the linguistic and sociocultural characteristics of the Central Yup'ik dialect and its speakers, especially as they relate to the…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, Alphabets, Bilingual Education, Contrastive Linguistics

Center for Applied Linguistics, Washington, DC. – 1997
A study investigated alternative methods of assessing student language skills in Arlington County (Virginia) public schools' Spanish/English two-way bilingual partial immersion program, with the objective of improving information for developing more effective teaching. A team of teachers from each participating school worked with researchers to…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Elementary Education, English (Second Language), Evaluation Methods
Fisiak, Jacek, Ed. – 1990
Papers in this volume on contrastive linguistics include the following: "Auxiliaries in English and Danish" (Niels Davidsen-Nielsen); "On Tongue Twisters" (Wlodzimierz Sobkowiak); "On Derivational and Phrasal Adverbials of Manner" (James L. Wyatt); "Scrambling and the Polish Word Order. An Alternative Hypothesis" (Przemyslaw Tajsner); "Verbs of…
Descriptors: Bulgarian, Contrastive Linguistics, Danish, English