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Download full textKoo, 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
Malamud Makowski, Monica – 1994
This study investigated the earliest manifestations of verb tense and agreement in English-speaking children, using longitudinal data on the language of four children aged 1:6 to 3:5 years, drawn from a child-language database. Analysis focused on one aspect of inflectional phrase (IP), the children's use of the verbs "be" and "do" forms to mark…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Case Studies, Child Language, Comparative Analysis
Schmitt, Norbert; Schmitt, Diane Rae – Thai TESOL Bulletin, 1993
This article discusses second language vocabulary learning strategies and includes an analysis and classification of possible strategies and the report of a study conducted among second language learners in Japan. Research on vocabulary learning strategies is synthesized into two lists of strategies: 14 methods for initial learning of a new word's…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries, Grammar
Boissonneault, Chantal, Ed. – 1998
Papers on language research include: "L'expression de l'opposition en Latin" ("The Expression of Opposition in Latin" (Claude Begin); "Le francais de l'Abitibi: characteristiques phonetiques et origine socio-geographique des locuteurs" ("The French of Abitibi: Phonetic Characteristics and Socio-Geographic Origin…
Descriptors: Adverbs, African Languages, Communication Apprehension, Computational Linguistics
Basturkmen, Helen – 1998
A study investigated metadiscoursal signalling devices used in discussions in a business administration course in a British university, focusing on the use and function of the devices in seminars and tutorials. Data were drawn from seminar and discussion classes recorded for distance education purposes. The corpus of about 30,000 words included 18…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Classroom Communication, College Instruction, Discourse Analysis
Crookes, Graham, Ed.; Gass, Susan M., Ed. – 1993
Essays on second language teaching focuses on how the kinds of tasks performed by the learner relate to language output. "Choosing and Using Communication Tasks for Second Language Instruction" (Teresa Pica, Ruth Kanagy, Joseph Falodun) contains a taxonomy of communication task types, based on the concepts of goal and activity,…
Descriptors: Assignments, Case Studies, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques
Kamwangamalu, Nkonko M. – 1986
A review of recent studies addressed the functional uses of code mixing across cultures. Expressions of code mixing (CM) are not random; in fact, a number of functions of code mixing can easily be delineated, for example, the concept of "modernization.""Modernization" is viewed with respect to how bilingual code mixers perceive…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Code Switching (Language), Cross Cultural Studies, Developing Nations
Lindeberg, Ann-Charlotte – 1984
A study to find patterns of cohesion and rhetorical structure that distinguish good from weak English essay writing is described. The corpus consisted of ten Swedish college essays written as part of the final exam in a first-year English course. Methodological problems encountered included the delimitation of units for the analysis of cohesive…
Descriptors: Coherence, Cohesion (Written Composition), College Students, Comparative Analysis
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1982
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 27 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: (1) the vocalization of /L/ in Philadelphia; (2) a second grade program to isolate and apply knowledge of vowel sounds in word identification; (3) phoneme and…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Child Language, Doctoral Dissertations, Early Childhood Education
Falk, Lillian; And Others – 1980
This elementary school, intermediate level curriculum guide for English as a second language (ESL) contains introductory sections on the program's educational objectives and philosophy, outlines for 10 units on basic elements of grammar, and an appendix. Each unit outline includes a listing of structural items, cultural concepts, lexical items,…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Course Content, Cultural Awareness, Curriculum Guides
Keller, Eric; Warner, Sylvia Taba – 1976
This volume is part of a series, which is in turn part of a course entitled "Contact Canada" and designed for adult Francophone students of English as a second language. The series contains exercises for learning conversational tools. This volume deals with opening formulas, which are grouped under the following categories: (1)…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, Audiolingual Skills, Communicative Competence (Languages)
Keller, Eric; Warner, Sylvia Taba – 1976
This volume is part of a series, which is in turn part of a course entitled "Contact Canada" and designed for adult Francophone students of English as a second language. The series contains exercises for learning conversational tools. This volume deals with linking formulas, which are grouped under the following categories: (1)…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, Audiolingual Skills, Communicative Competence (Languages)
Andersen, Elaine S. – 1977
A study was undertaken to determine whether young children are aware of sociolinguistic and social interactional differences in language use and of the appropriateness of varied linguistic forms in particular situations, roles and relationship. The speech of 24 children ranging in age from 3 years, 9 months to 7 years, 1 month was recorded in…
Descriptors: Child Language, Communicative Competence (Languages), Language Acquisition, Language Patterns
Weil, Joyce; Altom, Mary Jo – 1978
The purpose of this research was to develop methods to study the effects of context on children's comprehension and production of temporal terms such as "before,""after,""next,""then," and "but first." A longitudinal study, using naturalistic and traditional laboratory methods, and three…
Descriptors: Child Language, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Processes
Carroll, John B. – 1974
Overall and specific tasks involved in learning a foreign language and the factors that promote or retard learning are considered. To apply theories of learning and teaching, behavioral objectives for the learner must be considered. A macro-level learning theory is useful in conceptualizing reasons for student success and failure and in…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Cognitive Processes, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
