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Kihl, Preben – IRAL, 1986
Examines the sound-to-letter patterns of misspelling in a Danish child at ages seven and eight by comparing his misspellings with transcriptions of his pronunciation. (MSE)
Descriptors: Child Language, Comparative Analysis, Danish, Error Patterns
Sheen, Ronald – IRAL, 1996
Compared the results of the adult learning of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) using an inductive approach as opposed to a deductive one based on explicit contrastive analysis (CA) input. It is suggested that a deductive approach that uses CA input in EFL teaching and learning materials is more effective in minimizing error rates. (54…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Comparative Analysis, Contrastive Linguistics, Deduction
Ghadessy, Moshen – IRAL, 1989
Comparison of Chinese, Malay, and Tamil primary school students' responses to a test featuring 19 error types related to English verb structure revealed no significant differences between the three groups' selection of developmental errors. The test also showed promise in measuring students' English accuracy as opposed to fluency. (CB)
Descriptors: Chinese, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education, English (Second Language)
