Although critical of some of the claims made for contrastive analysis in the past, this article treats contrastive analysis as a useful pursuit which can contribute to language learning. (FB)

Discusses what grammar is, what language is, recent studies in language research, and relates these to classroom teaching. (MB)

Project was supported by a grant from the U.S. Office of Education. (DS)

The information processing model, as distinct from the information theoretic model, is useful in discussing language and reading. Linguists can aid in the teaching of reading by furnishing information on linguistic competence. Appears in "The Florida FL Reporter special anthology issue "Linguistic-Cultural Differences and American Education. …

First conference of its kind to be presented by the Institute of Linguistics, London, on the European continent. (DS)

Discusses current research in child language to help teachers understand how young children acquire language skills. (DR)

Focuses on theories concerning the origin of language. The article indicates that the language-origins theories most favored in contemporary science all have their roots in the intellectual preoccupations of the early scientists and philosophers of the European Enlightenment. The article concludes that the origin of language myth reveals itself as…

Argues that, from a transformational-generative perspective, errors in writing mechanics (such as run-on sentences, comma splices, and errors in subject-verb agreement) persist because writing instructors do not exploit students' language ability. Describes how transformational grammar is useful in correcting errors in sentence mechanics. (MM)

Describes the transformational-generative model of grammar and discusses how this theory has influenced composition teaching and theory. Outlines a new model of language being developed by cognitive scientists and how this model might inform composition in the future. (HB)