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Yarmohammadi, Lotfollah; Seif, Shahrzad – IRAL, 1992
The use of different communication strategies (CSs) in interlanguage application was studied with 51 Persian first-year university learners of English. Emphasis is on determining which CSs are more favored under a given condition and on identifying a link between task type and the use of specific CSs. (23 references) (LB)
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, College Freshmen, Communicative Competence (Languages), English (Second Language)
Mizuno, Mitsuharu – IRAL, 1999
Discusses how second-language learners whose first languages contain an article system differ in their acquisition of English articles from learners whose first languages do not contain such a system. Reviews the approach of Mizuno's (1988) interlanguage analysis for uncovering the process in second-language acquisition, and summarizes findings of…
Descriptors: College Students, Determiners (Languages), English (Second Language), Error Analysis (Language)
Sbea-Jarbue, Saleh – IRAL, 1998
A study of error patterns of Arabic-speaking learners of French at a Jordanian university revealed a negative influence of Arabic polysemic words on the learning and use of French vocabulary. It is recommended that second-language instruction make use of explicit instruction in vocabulary that, in the native language, has multiple meanings. (MSE)
Descriptors: Arabic, College Instruction, Error Analysis (Language), Foreign Countries
Dewaele, Jean-Marc – IRAL, 1994
This paper examines the effect of formality in three different situations on the oral production of French interlanguage. An analysis of 39 Dutch-speaking students revealed that, contrary to predictions, the more formal situation does not lead to higher accuracy rates. (23 references) (Author)
Descriptors: College Students, Dutch, Error Analysis (Language), Error Patterns
Pica, Teresa – IRAL, 1996
Examines whether negotiation addresses the need of second- language (L2) learners to focus attention on L2 form. The study analyzed the utterances of negotiation produced as 20 English native speaker-nonnative speaker (NS-NNS) dyads engaged in communication tasks. Negotiation assisted the NNS needs for data on features that were possible in the…
Descriptors: College Students, Data Analysis, Data Collection, English (Second Language)
Makoni, S. B. – IRAL, 1996
Examines the variable realization of the third person singular present tense by learners of English as a Second Language at elementary and intermediate levels of proficiency in unplanned discourse in South Africa. (35 references) (Author/CK)
Descriptors: Context Effect, Discourse Analysis, Foreign Countries, Interlanguage
Tench, P. – IRAL, 1996
Reviews current practice in the study of phonological interlanguage. The methodology of 22 pieces of research is surveyed in terms of subjects, range of phonological features, "synchronic" and "diachronic" approaches, techniques and materials, audio-recording and transcription. The article discusses the advantages and…
Descriptors: Audiotape Recordings, College Students, Descriptive Linguistics, Diachronic Linguistics
