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It Takes Two: Contrasting Tasks and Contrasting Structures.

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Eisenstein, Miriam; And Others – TESOL Quarterly, 1982

Examines and compares two measures of adult second language learner performance: cued production and elicited imitation. Discusses the utility of each in terms of the contrasting results of the tasks on a carefully delineated area of grammar, namely the related structure of third person simple present and present progressive in WH-questions. (EKN)

Descriptors: English (Second Language), Imitation, Language Patterns, Language Processing

Variable Rules in the Acquisition of English Contractions.

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Odlin, Terence M. – TESOL Quarterly, 1978

This article summarizes a study (Odlin 1978) using variable rules analyses to describe the contraction patterns of six Mexican students of English as a second language. (CFM)

Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, College Students, English (Second Language), Grammar