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The Effect of Phonological Variation on Adult Learner Comprehension.
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Eisenstein, Miriam; Berkowitz, Diana – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1981
Reports on a study of the relationship of English phonological variation to intelligibility for adult second language learners of English. Indicates that learners tested on their ability to understand working-class (New Yorkese), educated (Standard English), and Foreign-accented speakers of English found the standard more intelligible than the…
Descriptors: Adult Students, English (Second Language), Language Proficiency, Language Research
Evaluation and Institutionalized Varieties of English and Its Implications for Placement and Pedagogy.
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Kenkel, James M.; Tucker, Richard W. – World Englishes, 1989
Outlines an application of theoretical understandings of institutionalized or nativized varieties of English to the practical concern of English-as-a-Second-Language programs, including testing, placement, and pedagogy. (29 references) (Author/OD)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Error Analysis (Language), Essays, Foreign Countries
Problemes poses par la mesure du rendement en francais des eleves franco-ontariens (Problems Posed by the Measurement of Proficiency in French Among Franco-Ontarian Students). Working Papers on Bilingualism, No. 16.
Canale, Michael; Mougeon, Raymond – 1978
This study examines the hypothesis that the French used by a large number of Franco-Ontarians represents a linguistic system (or several systems) that differs from Standard French. In addition, a review of previous research leads to the inverse hypothesis, that Ontarian French represents a body of different systems or sub-systems that are more or…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Dialect Studies, Educational Policy