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Peer reviewedShanon, Benny – Language and Cognitive Processes, 1991
Analysis of several types of faulty language selection in polyglots revealed that production errors were not a result of limited vocabulary or language deficiency but rather to interlingual code-switching based on the polyglot's differentiations between dominant language, foreign language, and weak language. (20 references) (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Code Switching (Language), Error Analysis (Language), Interference (Language), Language Processing
Peer reviewedHodne, Barbara – Language Learning, 1985
Describes a study of two Polish speakers learning English, which investigated whether modifications of complex syllable structures in the interlanguage were attributable to transfer and whether they showed movement toward an open syllable pattern. Of the modifications not attributable to transfer, only half showed movement toward an open syllable…
Descriptors: Consonants, English (Second Language), Error Analysis (Language), Interference (Language)
Download full textCronnell, Bruce – 1982
A study investigated errors in the writing of black students to determine how those errors were influenced by black oral English. Writing samples were gathered from 99 third grade and 68 sixth grade students in a school in an inner city, low income neighborhood. All errors in the samples were listed and analyzed. In the samples produced by the…
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Black Youth, Economically Disadvantaged, Elementary Education
Schwabe, Tippy – 1981
Differences between English and Arabic are examined to assist the English as a second language (ESL) teacher. It is suggested that in order to know how to help students, ESL teachers must understand what the problem or difference is and why it is occurring. The sound systems of English and Arabic, including the suprasegmentals of intonation,…
Descriptors: Arabic, College Second Language Programs, Communicative Competence (Languages), Consonants
Cronnell, Bruce – 1982
A study investigated the extent to which oral language forms influence the written products of Mexican-American students attending an inner city school in a low income neighborhood. For the study, writing samples from 78 third grade and 92 sixth grade students were analyzed for Spanish, interlanguage, and Chicano English features. (Interlanguage…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Cultural Influences, Economically Disadvantaged, Elementary 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)
