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Cornell, Alan – IRAL, 1999
Discusses the treatment of idioms in language learning, specifically questions that need to be addressed when decisions are made on the role of idioms in language-learning programs. Particular emphasis is on the extent to which idioms present a particular source of misunderstanding and confusion for learners. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Context Effect, Encoding (Psychology), Idioms
Mizuno, Mitsuharu – IRAL, 1999
Discusses how second-language learners whose first languages contain an article system differ in their acquisition of English articles from learners whose first languages do not contain such a system. Reviews the approach of Mizuno's (1988) interlanguage analysis for uncovering the process in second-language acquisition, and summarizes findings of…
Descriptors: College Students, Determiners (Languages), English (Second Language), Error Analysis (Language)
Hufesien, Britta – IRAL, 1998
Reports a study investigating how multilingual language learners evaluate their own multilingualism, how they view the interaction of their different languages, and whether they think the different languages help or hinder them when speaking, listening, understanding, or writing the foreign languages. Ways in which these perceptions can be used to…
Descriptors: Interlanguage, Language Attitudes, Language Proficiency, Language Research
Dewaele, Jean-Marc – IRAL, 1994
This paper examines the effect of formality in three different situations on the oral production of French interlanguage. An analysis of 39 Dutch-speaking students revealed that, contrary to predictions, the more formal situation does not lead to higher accuracy rates. (23 references) (Author)
Descriptors: College Students, Dutch, Error Analysis (Language), Error Patterns
Makoni, S. B. – IRAL, 1996
Examines the variable realization of the third person singular present tense by learners of English as a Second Language at elementary and intermediate levels of proficiency in unplanned discourse in South Africa. (35 references) (Author/CK)
Descriptors: Context Effect, Discourse Analysis, Foreign Countries, Interlanguage