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Peer reviewedFowler, Dennis G. – British Journal of Language Teaching, 1984
Discusses the history, framework, and psychological basis of contrastive analysis. Presents three main points of view of contrastive analysis: (1) predictive (strong), (2) retrospective (weak), and (3) intralingual error analysis (a rejection of the contrastive analysis hypothesis). Suggests that the second viewpoint is more applicable and useful…
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Error Analysis (Language), Interference (Language), Second Language Instruction
Peer reviewedAjiboye, Tunde – British Journal of Language Teaching, 1988
Analyzes observations of the pronunciation of French by 32 undergraduate students at the University of Ilorin (Nigeria). The phonological analysis includes: 1) sound variation; 2) terminal sound loss; 3) sound intrusion; 4) assimilation; and 5) liaison. Many factors appear to have affected performance, especially having had a Francophone teacher…
Descriptors: College Students, Error Analysis (Language), Foreign Countries, French
