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Peer reviewedGleason, H. A., Jr. – The English Quarterly, 1969
One of the central and defining features of man is language; there can be no deep understanding of man without some understanding of language. Linguistics is the "orderly examination of language in terms appropriate to itself." The central task of linguistics is grammar, the study of the patterning that brings together sounds or symbols with…
Descriptors: Educational Change, English Curriculum, Grammar, Language Instruction
Peer reviewedWestney, Paul; James, Allan R. – English Language Teaching Journal, 1978
The effectiveness of various transcription systems for teaching English as a foreign language was surveyed in German-speaking universities and colleges in West Germany, German-speaking Switzerland, and Austria. Transcription systems, textbooks in use, and criteria for choice of systems are discussed. (SW)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), German, Higher Education, Language Instruction
Konig, Ekkehard – Linguistik und Didaktik, 1970
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Instructional Improvement, Language Instruction, Language Patterns
Peer reviewedBustin-Lekeu, Francine – French Review, 1973
Surveys conducted among secondary school students in Toulon, France in choice of personal pronouns indicate more prevalent use of tu''. Students consider widespread use of tu'' to be more democratic and thought employment of vous'' on certain occasions is a hypocritical and bourgeois habit. (DS)
Descriptors: French, Grammar, Language Instruction, Language Patterns
Peer reviewedBryan, Anne-Marie – French Review, 1972
Presents a conversation between representatives of various generations to illustrate the social changes influencing usage of pronouns of address in France. (DS)
Descriptors: Form Classes (Languages), French, Grammar, Language Instruction
Criado de Val, Manuel – Yelmo, 1972
Descriptors: Diachronic Linguistics, Language Instruction, Language Patterns, Research Reports
Hoffer, Bates – Journal-Newsletter of the Association of Teachers of Japanese, 1969
Paper read at the Annual Meeting of the Modern Language Association of America, December 29, 1968, in New York, New York. (DS)
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, English (Second Language), Japanese, Language Instruction
Hidalgo, P. Angel – Yelmo, 1971
Part 1 appeared in the October-November 1971 issue of Yelmo." (DS)
Descriptors: Alphabets, Charts, Consonants, Language Instruction
Hoffer, Bates – Journal-Newsletter of the Association of Teachers of Japanese, 1970
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Diagrams, English, Generative Grammar
Olguin, Leonard – Elementary English, 1971
Examines several specific language blocks to English language acquisition by native speakers of Spanish. (SW)
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Contrastive Linguistics, English (Second Language), Language Instruction
Peer reviewedGhadessy, Mohsen – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1974
An experiment in which prepositions are analyzed on a formal basis is reported. Results of the experiment are discussed. (RM)
Descriptors: English, Form Classes (Languages), Language Instruction, Language Patterns
Novikova, E. N. – Russkij Yazyk za Rubezhom, 1973
Descriptors: Language Instruction, Language Patterns, Morphemes, Morphology (Languages)
Darbelnet, Jean – Francais dans le monde, 1975
A discussion of the use of the imperfect tense in French, aimed primarily at speakers of English and German. (Text is in French.) (AM)
Descriptors: French, Grammar, Idioms, Language Instruction
Steiner, Roger J.
This paper describes the "euphemistic lexicographical technique," which is recommended for use by lexicographers for the frank recording of vulgar speech. This is a monodirectional technique to be used in bilingual dictionaries prepared for speakers of only one of the two languages. The vulgar words will not appear in the source language…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Dictionaries, Language Instruction, Language Patterns
Download full textHODGE, CARLETON T.; AND OTHERS – 1963
A DISCUSSION OF THE LINGUISTIC AND PRACTICAL IMPORTANCE OF HAUSA (A LANGUAGE OF WEST AFRICA) ACCOMPANIES A TEXT WHICH CONSISTS OF BASIC SENTENCES, NOTES, AND GRAMMATICAL DRILLS. THE BASIC SENTENCES ARE DIALOGS TO BE MEMORIZED, AND THEIR ENGLISH RENDERINGS ARE MEANT TO BE SITUATIONAL EQUIVALENTS, NOT LITERAL TRANSLATIONS. THE NOTES EXPLAIN…
Descriptors: Grammar, Hausa, Language Guides, Language Instruction
