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Connolly, Andrew John – GIST Education and Learning Research Journal, 2020
Adjective- noun order errors are a common occurrence throughout all levels of English language students. Based on professional experiences, existing literature and revisiting what some may consider archaic methodologies, this reflective article aims to analyse adjective-noun order errors among Colombian learners of English, understand why it…
Descriptors: Nouns, Form Classes (Languages), English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
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Brown, J. C. – Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2004
The dominant viewpoint regarding phonologically driven speech errors is that segments are the units responsible behind the errors. The goal of this paper is to illustrate the point that other potential candidates for explaining these speech errors, which have gone largely unnoticed, provide a better explanatory framework for speech errors than do…
Descriptors: Phonology, Error Analysis (Language), Phonemes, Intonation
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Preston, Dennis R. – Language Awareness, 1996
A common approach to language awareness is through the contrast between folk and scientific knowledge, with the former getting less attention. This article highlights the modes of folk linguistic awareness, discusses it as a dynamic area of study, and advocates its value for both scientific merit and its importance to applied concerns. (39…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Error Analysis (Language), Folk Culture, Language Attitudes
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Hadley, Pamela A.; Rice, Mabel L. – Language Acquisition, 1996
Examines the use of finiteness markers copula "BE" and auxiliaries "BE" and "DO" in the spontaneous speech of children with specific language impairment. Focus is on whether the categorical distinctions between main verbs and auxiliaries and/or between the auxiliary types influence the relative order of emergence…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Language, Developmental Stages, Error Analysis (Language)
Drozdzial, Krystyna – 1978
Procedures used in foreign language teaching are discussed from the point of view of developing communicative strategies in students. Literature on communicative competence is reviewed and the implications for foreign language instruction are discussed. It is shown that: (1) from the very beginning of language instruction, the classroom setting,…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Educational Objectives, English (Second Language), Error Analysis (Language)
Richards, David R. – 1977
The interlanguage hypothesis stresses that errors are a normal part of the language learning process. At the same time, in the view of many, the teacher has a responsibility to provide short cuts for the learner through appropriate corrective feedback. Conventionally, this has been taken to imply correction of expression by requiring repetition of…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Child Language, Communication Skills, Communicative Competence (Languages)