Discusses the current approaches to interlanguage syntax, focusing on the goal of finding consistency and pattern in syntactic variation. Some themes contributing to descriptive approaches include: the transition from morphosyntax acquisition studies to those of more complex syntax, the emergence of syntax from discourse, explicitness, and the…

Jakobson's communication model, grounded in semiotic theory, provides an excellent point of departure for developing specific pedagogical approaches to the constituent elements of all communicative acts, verbal or nonverbal. True communication occurs only when students and teachers are cognizant of the features and functions of communication as…

The relationships of spelling achievement to rote learning, rule learning, and self-evaluated spelling ability were investigated. A questionnaire, a structure task which produced a measure of rote learning and rule learning, and the Wide Range Achievement Test (Spelling) were administered to 50 college students. (Author/PN)

Uses techniques of the study of conversational analysis in oral language in the study of American Sign Language conversations, and concludes that such conversations are structured in ways that parallel those of spoken language. (FL)

Expands on study by Brown and Hanlon which showed that parents seemed more attuned to semantic value of their child's speech rather than grammatical form. However, this more recent study suggests that language learning environment presents subtle cues, distinguishing between well-formed and ill-formed sentences, evidenced by mothers' inclinations…

Investigates expression of part-whole semantic relation by children 3 to 12 years old and indicates that older children prefer its use significantly more often. The part-whole semantic relation was also observed to take several linguistic forms, such as partitive, spatial, and possessive. Age, experimental task format, or type of experimental…

Discusses the use and syntax of the adjective in French. (Text is in French.) (CLK)

Discusses the pedagogical functions of bilingual education in Africa and outlines a tentative classification of African states according to the respective situations of the linguistic communities living in them. (Author/DB)

The need for testing oral proficiency in the foreign language is discussed and several kinds of testing procedures described. A specific oral language production test is suggested. (RM)

Suggests a tripartite division of instructional duties in college language departments: (1) language instruction on intermediate and advanced levels, (2) tutorial instruction, and (3) interdisciplinary courses to curtail compartmentalization and encourage cultural comparison. Linguist and literary scholar need not be at odds. (CHK)

This paper concerns the factors underlying the selection of German prepositions in certain environments. It aims first to make such information available to students of German to aid in understanding use of prepositions, and second, to form a theoretical basis for the semantics of prepositions. (CHK)

Proposes an analysis of the impersonal sentence in Russian based on the Fillmorian case grammar model and intended for use in second language instruction. (CHK)

Reviews significant endeavors in the teaching of intonation, and outlines a specific technique of the instruction of suprasegmentals. (CLK)

Grammatical description that relates structure to language use can help the EFL teacher in cases where different interpretations of experience are expressed in English and the students' native language by, for example, clauses that are structurally identical. (Author/RM)

In its lifetime, the profession of language teaching has undergone many changes. Early attempts at language teaching almost entirely lacked a theoretical base. In the 20th century, however, two sets of language teaching methods emerged; the first set borrowed theories from psychology, linguistics, and sociolinguistics whereas the second set was…