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González-Calero, José Antonio; Berciano, Ainhoa; Arnau, David – Mathematical Thinking and Learning: An International Journal, 2020
The reversal error is a prevalent phenomenon that consists of reversing the relationship between two variables when writing equations from comparison in verbal language. A study with 169 Basque/Spanish bilingual pre-service teachers examined whether this error is mainly due to the students' tendency to employ a direct-translation strategy based on…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Language Processing, Language Role, Equations (Mathematics)
Peer reviewedPelletier, Rosanne – Italica, 1986
Looks at the role of linguistic contrasts between dialect and standard Italian in the theory of interference in second-language learning and proposes strategies for better standard-Italian teaching in Canadian and U.S. universities and colleges. (SED)
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Error Analysis (Language), Ethnicity, Higher Education
Bunton, David, Ed.; Green, Christopher F., Ed. – Institute of Language in Education Journal, 1991
Articles contained in this special issue on language usage in Hong Kong, particularly in the context of elementary and secondary education, include: "A Comparison of English Errors Made by Hong Kong Students and Those Made by Non-Native Learners of English Internationally" (David Bunton); "Errors in Guides to English Usage for Hong…
Descriptors: Chinese, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language), Error Analysis (Language)
Day, Richard R. – 1976
This is a report of the results of an investigation of a test of plurality and past tense in standard English (SE). This research replicated Gleason's 1957-58 study in Boston. The subjects were 27 speakers of Hawaiian Creole English (HCE) in a kindergarten class in Honolulu. The results showed that the children produced very few SE plural and past…
Descriptors: Creoles, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Influences, Dialect Studies

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