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Peer reviewedMaylath, Bruce – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1997
Looks at the influence students' native languages have on comprehension of Anglo-Saxon and Greco-Latinate elements of English vocabulary. Suggests use of a dictionary with etymologies, dictionary of English idioms, small group work involving both non-native and English speakers, etymological reference book, pre-med courses in Greek and Latin…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Contrastive Linguistics, English (Second Language), Etymology
Nickel, Gerhard – IRAL, 1998
Examines the nature of interlanguage as it affects second-language learning and teaching, focusing on the language transfer phenomenon, fossilization, how error analysis and error correction can be improved through understanding of interlanguage, native speaker norms, international varieties of English, and the contribution of interlanguage to…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Error Analysis (Language), Error Patterns, Interlanguage
