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| Zobl, Helmut | 1 |
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Peer reviewedZobl, Helmut – TESOL Quarterly, 1982
Discusses the influence a first language can have on the acquisition of a second language. Includes some tentative proposals on the interaction of prior first-language knowledge and the creative construction process. (EKN)
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Error Analysis (Language), Interference (Language), Interlanguage
Peer reviewedZamel, Vivian – TESOL Quarterly, 1982
Argues that the emphasis of writing instruction in ESL classes should be on writing as a creative process, not on syntax, vocabulary, and rhetorical form. (EKN)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Processing, Postsecondary Education, Second Language Learning
