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Koike, Dale A.; Palmiere, Denise T. L. – Foreign Language Annals, 2011
This study examines the transfer of first language (L1) and second language (L2) pragmatic expression--realized in the request speech act--in oral and written modalities by Spanish-speaking third language (L3) Portuguese learners (bilingual Spanish heritage speakers, native English speakers who are proficient in L2 Spanish, and native Spanish…
Descriptors: Speech Acts, Second Language Learning, Pragmatics, Native Language
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Hendrickson, James M. – Foreign Language Annals, 1979
Presents a method for classifying errors of second language learners for the purpose of: (1) evaluating information in samples of students' communication, (2) diagnosing individual learner needs, (3) developing individualized instructional materials, and (4) deciding which errors to correct first. Suggests applications of the method in…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Computational Linguistics, English (Second Language), Error Analysis (Language)
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Oller, John W., Jr. – Foreign Language Annals, 1979
Examines the loss in popularity of contrastive linguistics as a method for explaining second language learning systems, and calls for a turn to pragmatics in language teaching. (AM)
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Deep Structure, Error Analysis (Language), Interference (Language)