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Peer reviewedScott, Margaret Sue; Tucker, G. Richard – Language Learning, 1974
Report of a study which examined the English proficiency of 22 Arabic-speaking students enrolled in a low intermediate intensive English course at the American University of Beirut. (Author)
Descriptors: Arabs, Contrastive Linguistics, Data Analysis, English (Second Language)
Peer reviewedDulay, Heidi C.; Burt, Marina K. – Language Learning, 1972
Revised and abridged version of You Can't Learn without Goofing (An Analysis of Children's Second Language Errors')'' to appear in Jack Richards (ed.), Error Analysis -- Perspectives in Second Language Acquisition,'' (Longmans). A goof'' is a productive error made during the language learning process. (RS)
Descriptors: Child Language, Contrastive Linguistics, Error Patterns, Interference (Language)
Peer reviewedRifkin, Benjamin; Roberts, Felicia D. – Language Learning, 1995
Examines error gravity research design and its theoretical assumptions. Results indicate that investigators have only skimmed the surface of the process of error evaluation, which is shaped by extralinguistic factors. The article concludes that researchers should reconceptualize error gravity research and reassess earlier studies to confirm or…
Descriptors: Context Effect, Discourse Analysis, Error Analysis (Language), Error Patterns
