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| System | 7 |
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| Dordick, Michael | 1 |
| Edge, Julian | 1 |
| Felix, Sascha W. | 1 |
| Imlah, W. G. | 1 |
| Liou, Hsien-Chin | 1 |
| Olsen, S. | 1 |
| Tsui, Amy B. M. | 1 |
| Wu, Kamyin | 1 |
| du Boulay, J. B. H. | 1 |
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| Journal Articles | 6 |
| Reports - Descriptive | 3 |
| Reports - Research | 2 |
| Opinion Papers | 1 |
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Peer reviewedEdge, Julian – System, 1984
Suggests the use of "Error Cards"--cards which contain instruction regarding the deliberate making of a particular language error--as a good means of peer teaching practice during the training of English as a foreign language teachers. In addition, suggestions are made for the extension of this technique beyond the given example. (SL)
Descriptors: Creative Activities, English (Second Language), Error Analysis (Language), Grammar
Peer reviewedFelix, Sascha W. – System, 1978
Reviews the research on first and second language acquisition, enumerates some basic features of human language learning, and discusses implications for the foreign language classroom. (RM)
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Error Analysis (Language), Grammar, Interlanguage
Peer reviewedImlah, W. G.; du Boulay, J. B. H. – System, 1985
Describes an attempt to build a computer-assisted language instruction program which can trap and comment on grammatical errors such as subject/verb agreement by a purely syntactic analysis, that is, without recourse to word meanings. The program aims to increase educational effectiveness and to reduce the number of separate stored answers.…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware, Error Analysis (Language)
Peer reviewedWu, Kamyin; Tsui, Amy B. M. – System, 1997
Discusses the rationale and criteria for developing "Telegram," an electronic grammar database for English-as-a- Second-Language teachers in Hong Kong. Describes the importance of explicit grammatical knowledge in effective language teaching, and describes the design criteria for "Telegram," which aims to provide a body of…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Databases, Educational Technology, Electronic Classrooms
Peer reviewedOlsen, S. – System, 1999
Describes a study of English writing by Norwegian English-as-a-foreign-language learners. Language problems on different linguistic levels are analyzed and the theory of compensatory strategies is used to explain the process behind the production. Results show that less proficient learners have a higher number of grammatical, orthographic, and…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Error Analysis (Language), Error Patterns, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedDordick, Michael – System, 1996
Examines methodology used to determine a hierarchy of English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) students' written error gravity and describes a new error substitution methodology for identifying the communicative interference effect of ESL errors on naive native speakers of English. Findings indicate that lexical and verb-related errors interfered with…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Communication (Thought Transfer), English (Second Language), Error Analysis (Language)
Peer reviewedLiou, Hsien-Chin – System, 1992
A year-long project to develop an automatic English grammar text-analysis for Chinese students in Taiwan to help writing revision processes is described. The project analyzed 135 writing samples, developed an electronic dictionary, and researched error analysis, linguistic analysis, and natural language processing in computational linguistics.…
Descriptors: Computational Linguistics, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education, Dictionaries
