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Precht, Kristen – English for Specific Purposes, 1998
Distinct regional patterns emerged in a comparison of letters of recommendation from the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, and Eastern Europe. Both quantitative (linearity, symmetry, data integration, advance organizers, sentence types) and qualitative (content) analyses revealed differences, including organizational patterns and methods of…
Descriptors: Business Communication, Comparative Analysis, Contrastive Linguistics, Cross Cultural Studies
Sjoholm, Kaj – 1995
A study investigated certain mechanisms underlying the acquisition of phrasal verbs in English as a Second Language. Subjects were native Finnish- and Swedish-speaking students in Finland, most aged 16-25 years. The subjects were administered a multiple-choice test with each item containing two correct alternatives, a phrasal verb (preferred by…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Contrastive Linguistics, Cultural Context, English (Second Language)
Morley, Joan, Ed. – 1987
A collection of essays on pronunciation instruction theory and practice includes: "Teaching Pronunciation as Communication" (Marianne Celce-Murcia); "Learner Variables and Prepronunciation Considerations in Teaching Pronunciation" (Rita Wong); "Pronunciation and Listening Comprehension" (Judy B. Gilbert); "Pronunciation Tutorials for Nonnative…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Processes, Educational Strategies, English (Second Language)
Dimanche, Maurice – 1991
This instructional guide in French is intended for training Peace Corps volunteers serving in the Central African Republic. It includes 35 topical lessons at the intermediate level, each consisting of briefly stated competency objectives and a number of brief, related situational dialogues. Lesson topics include: introducing oneself; introducing…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Conversational Language Courses, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Education
Kubota, Mitsuo – Working Papers in Educational Linguistics, 1996
A study investigated differences in the speech styles used in making requests among five native speakers of Japanese (JJ), five American learners of Japanese (AJ), and Americans speaking English (AE) and their implications for intercultural communication. All subjects were adults. Data were elicited in role-plays of a scenario including the…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Business Communication, Comparative Analysis, Contrastive Linguistics
Local, John; Wootton, Tony – York Papers in Linguistics, 1996
A case study analyzed the echolalia behavior of an autistic 11-year-old boy, based on recordings made in his home and school. Focus was on the subset of immediate echolalia referred to as pure echoing. Using an approach informed by conversation analysis and descriptive phonetics, distinctions are drawn between different forms of pure echo. It is…
Descriptors: Autism, Case Studies, Communication Disorders, Descriptive Linguistics
Sun, Hao – 1995
Using a comparative rhetoric model, a study examined the discourse behavior of native speakers of American English conducting peer review discussions in English and that of native speakers of Chinese performing the same task in Chinese. Data are drawn from audiotape recordings of peer review discussions of eight college students, conducted in…
Descriptors: Chinese, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Cooperation
Fakhri, Ahmed – 1995
A study compared the topical structure (TS) of Arabic and English in order to determine whether Arab learners of English as a Second Language (ESL) transfer potential differences between Arabic and English in their English writing, or whether they use an altogether different TS indicative of developmental factors. Four sets of data were compared…
Descriptors: Arabic, Contrastive Linguistics, Discourse Analysis, English
Kamimura, Taeko; Oi, Kyoko – 1996
A study of essays on a single topic (capital punishment) written by 22 American high school students and 30 second-year Japanese college students investigated: cultural differences in organizational patterns in argumentative essays; comparative use of rational and affective appeals; differences in content of rational and affective appeals;…
Descriptors: Capital Punishment, College Students, Contrastive Linguistics, Cross Cultural Studies
Motta-Roth, Desiree – 1995
This study analyzed the English discourse organization of sixty academic book reviews in three disciplines (linguistics, chemistry, economics) published in 1990, to help define book reviews as an academic written genre. Analysis revealed that although book reviews show regularities in information form, function, and content, some variation occurs…
Descriptors: Book Reviews, Chemistry, Comparative Analysis, Discourse Analysis
Peace Corps, Santiago (Chile). – 1995
This guide is designed for the Spanish language training of Peace Corps workers in Chile and reflects daily communication needs in that context. The workbook contains a series of sentence completion exercises at the intermediate to advanced level, notes and exercises on metric system conversion, verb/substantive lists, specialized vocabulary lists…
Descriptors: Business Administration, Conversational Language Courses, Daily Living Skills, Foreign Countries
CHP International, Inc., Oak Park, IL. – 1995
This guide, entirely in Spanish, is designed for language training of Peace Corps workers in Paraguay and reflects daily communication needs in that context. It consists of 10 thematic instructional units, each targeting 2 to 7 specific language competencies. A table of contents outlines the units, competencies, and related grammar points and…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Clothing, Community Services, Competency Based Education
Leal, Carmen Fernandez – 1995
This paper considers four levels of analysis in the observation of the prosodic features of pause in speech: phonetic; syntactic; semantic; and informative. On the phonetic level, a pause is related to length and intonation, and intonation in turn, being a result of the speaker's meaning, constitutes an expression of his/her emotional state. On…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Ambiguity, Contrastive Linguistics, Descriptive Linguistics
TRANEL, 1986
Papers from the linguistics colloquium address a variety of topics in linguistic theory and language research, most in French. Topics include: objectivity and subjectivity in understanding language; focalization in conversational language; the notion of "popular etymology"; serial construction in Malagasy; linguistic competence (in German);…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Communication (Thought Transfer), Computational Linguistics, Computer Assisted Instruction
Koo, Swit Ling; Koh, Lily – 1994
A study of individual variability in second-language learners' performance in specific classroom tasks is presented as evidence that instruction in language for special purposes (LSP) has an important role to play. Subjects were 17 Singapore university students in a remedial English course; all had studied English since elementary school. The…
Descriptors: College Students, Educational Needs, Error Analysis (Language), Group Discussion
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