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Kunsmann, Peter W. – Neusprachliche Mitteilungen, 1975
That "will" and "shall" are modal, not temporal, verbs is shown by their syntactic similarity to the modals and by the fact that they follow the same transformational rules as the modals. This example demonstrates the usefulness of transformational grammar in explaining grammatical relationships to students. (Text is in…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Instruction, Linguistic Theory, Syntax
Download full textKatranides, Aristotle – 1970
The relevance, the application, and the importance of linguistics to teaching English as a foreign language is discussed. The author's assumption is that linguistics is "irrelevant to the aims, and inapplicable to the tasks of such teaching," and agrees with linguists such as Rosenbaum that the goal of linguistic science is "to determine…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Instruction, Linguistic Theory, Linguistics
Peer reviewedLamerand, Raymond – Babel, 1972
Descriptors: Deep Structure, English (Second Language), French, Grammar
Jacobs, Roderick A. – TESOL Quart, 1969
"Deletion is posited as a universal process in language, and "identity and "indefiniteness are suggested as universal conditions under which deletion takes place. Usefulness of exploiting language similarities in language teaching is stressed. This paper was presented at the TESOL Convention, Chicago, March 1969. (FWB)
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Deep Structure, English (Second Language), Language Universals
Petersen, Hans – Fremdsprachlicher Unterricht, 1971
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Deep Structure, English (Second Language), Language Instruction
Krohn, Robert – Lang Learning, 1970
Paper presented at the TESOL convention, March 1970. (DS)
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, English (Second Language), Language Instruction, Linguistic Theory
Peer reviewedKandiah, T. – Language Learning, 1970
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Deep Structure, English (Second Language), Linguistic Theory
Peer reviewedWhitman, Randal L. – Language Learning, 1970
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Descriptive Linguistics, Diagrams, English (Second Language)
Rutherford, William E. – TESOL Quart, 1969
A somewhat modified version of a paper presented at the annual conference of the National Association for Foreign Student Affairs, May 1969. (FWB)
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, English (Second Language), Language Instruction, Language Universals
Hendricksen, Daniel P. – 1978
In this essay, the relationship of American linguistic theory to teaching English as a second language (ESL) is traced over the past few decades. The limitations of the structuralist paradigm in a language learning situation are discussed. The use of pattern drills based on the structuralist surface feature attention to word placement. The…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Diachronic Linguistics, English (Second Language), Linguistic Competence
Anderson, Suzan, Ed. – 1970
The notes and articles in the present compilation constitute, for the most part, reports of work in progress by the Language Research Foundation staff, and are circulated to interested scholars for the purpose of inviting comments, criticism, and suggestions. Contents include: (1) "The Export of TESOL: Are Audio-lingual Techniques Universally…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, English (Second Language), Language Research, Linguistic Theory
Peer reviewedNey, James W. – TESOL Quarterly, 1973
Paper prepared under contract with the Defense Language Institute, English Language Branch, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, and presented to the staff and faculty of the Institute in 1972. (RS)
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, English (Second Language), Language Instruction, Learning Theories
Peer reviewedAfolayan, A. – English Language Teaching, 1971
Paper adapted from a doctoral dissertation, The Linguistic Problems of Yoruba Learners and Users of English," 1968, London University, England. (DS)
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, English (Second Language), Foreign Students, Grammar
Peer reviewedOller, John W., Jr.; Ziahosseiny, Seid M. – Language Learning, 1970
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, English (Second Language), Grammar, Interference (Language)
Peer reviewedGrannis, Oliver C. – Language Learning, 1972
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, Determiners (Languages), English (Second Language), Language Instruction
