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Controlled Writing: A Transformational Approach.
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Ross, Janet – TESOL Quarterly, 1968
Basic to composition skill is control of sentence structure and accuracy in mechanics. Although it is often said that a student should not write what he has not first heard and practiced orally, it might equally well be said that he should not be expected to write grammatical patterns that he has not read, inasmuch as there is a difference in the…
Descriptors: Deep Structure, English (Second Language), Language Instruction, Sentence Structure
The Acquisition of the English Auxiliary by Native Spanish Speakers
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Cancino, Herlinda; And Others – TESOL Quarterly, 1975
The appearance of English auxiliaries in the speech of five native speakers of Spanish is described, as well as these subjects' acquisition of the negative and interrogative transformations. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Research, Learning Processes, Negative Forms (Language)