The notion of code-switching among Arabic-English bilinguals is examined. Various syntactic constraints are delineated that govern this phenomenon, the susceptibility of particular sentence constituents to switching, and the determination of the matrix language in their linguistic performance. (Contains 10 references.) (Author/LB)

Hungarian students have difficulty with the English verb, particularly the perfect and passive aspects and word order. The points of conflict are assumed to originate in the differences in linguistic modes of thought in Hungarian and English, suggesting that linguistic mode of thought should be taught alongside grammar and vocabulary. (MSE)

Examines the role and significance of systematic error correction and explicit grammatical explanation in adult foreign language education. The type and nature of certain grammatical errors which are characteristic of the interlanguage of Arab learners of English as a second language and which seem insusceptible to defossilization are…