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Whose? L2-English Speakers' Possessive Pronoun Gender Errors
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Anton-Mendez, Ines – Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 2011
This article reports the results of an experiment on production of "his/her" in English as a second language (L2) by proficient native speakers of Italian, Spanish, and Dutch. In Dutch and English, 3rd person singular possessive pronouns agree in gender with their antecedents, in Italian and Spanish possessives in general agree with the noun they…
Descriptors: Form Classes (Languages), Italian, Native Speakers, Indo European Languages
The Education of English Language Learners: Research to Practice
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Shatz, Marilyn, Ed.; Wilkinson, Louise C., Ed. – Guilford Publications, 2010
This comprehensive volume describes evidence-based strategies for supporting English language learners (ELLs) by promoting meaningful communication and language use across the curriculum. Leading experts explain how and why learning is different for ELLs and pinpoint specific best practices for the classroom, illustrated with vivid examples.…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Student Characteristics, Language Acquisition
A Framework for Describing Interlanguages in Multilingual Settings.
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Tenjoh-Okwen, Thomas – British Journal of Language Teaching, 1989
Outlines a contrastive analysis model and a non-contrastive analysis model for studying interlanguage in strictly bilingual settings, and suggests a bidimensional framework, including both linguistic and curricular components, for studying interlanguage in multilingual settings. (21 references) (CB)
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Contrastive Linguistics, Educational Environment, Error Analysis (Language)
Identification and Differential Diagnosis of Phonological Disorder in Bilingual Children.
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Holm, Alison; Dodd, Barbara; Stow, Carol; Pert, Sean – Language Testing, 1999
Describes development of the Rochdale Assessment of Mirpuri Phonology, a phonological assessment for bilingual children that was administered to normally developing bilingual children as well as children suspected of having a speech disorder. Normally developing children showed phonological error patterns in English that are considered atypical of…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Children, English (Second Language), Error Analysis (Language)