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Chandrasekhar, A. – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1978
A brief discussion of the role of contrastive linguistics and transformational generative grammar in studying transfer and interference in language learning. The base language is not necessarily the mother tongue. It is the language known by the learner which most closely resembles the new language being learned. (AMH)
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Contrastive Linguistics, Error Analysis (Language), Interference (Language)
Linguistics and Language Teaching
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Van Ek, J. A. – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1971
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Language Ability, Language Instruction, Language Research
Applied Generative Phonology: A Methodology for Teaching Pronunciation
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Schnitzer, Marc L. – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1974
An exercise developed to aid an aphasia patient in relearning rules governing phonological changes in English was later used in a pilot study attempting to teach English pronunciation to French speakers by rule rather than by rote. The method used and the results obtained are reported. (RM)
Descriptors: Aphasia, English (Second Language), Generative Phonology, Language Instruction