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Direct linkGiampieri, Patrizia – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2020
This paper will present a translation project with second-year bachelor students together with some observational data. The students firstly translated an academic abstract from Italian (their first language) to English by using the language resources they were acquainted with. Then they translated a second abstract by using a pre-compiled offline…
Descriptors: Computational Linguistics, English for Academic Purposes, Translation, Undergraduate Students
Crovitz, Darren – English Journal, 2011
This article discusses how amusing mistakes can make for serious language instruction. The notion that close analysis of language errors can yield insight into how one thinks and learns seems fundamentally obvious. Yet until relatively recently, language errors were primarily treated as indicators of learner deficiency rather than opportunities to…
Descriptors: Error Analysis (Language), Error Correction, Teacher Responsibility, Cognitive Processes
Smith, Michael W.; Wilhelm, Jeff – Voices from the Middle, 2006
The authors offer research studies and other documented evidence that teaching grammar without a meaningful context does not improve student writing, largely because that approach does not address the root causes of errors. Several resources that support this position and offer more productive strategies are summarized, including the authors'…
Descriptors: Grammar, Writing Improvement, Writing Instruction, Error Patterns
Peer reviewedPreston, Dennis R. – Language Awareness, 1996
A common approach to language awareness is through the contrast between folk and scientific knowledge, with the former getting less attention. This article highlights the modes of folk linguistic awareness, discusses it as a dynamic area of study, and advocates its value for both scientific merit and its importance to applied concerns. (39…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Error Analysis (Language), Folk Culture, Language Attitudes
Tan, Melinda – ELT Journal, 2005
In the area of language teaching, a large number of learner corpora investigations have tended to rely on empirical data to identify common types of errors which illustrate inauthentic usages in a target language. One consequence of this kind of investigations is that such studies rarely, if ever, consider the inextricable link between language…
Descriptors: Computational Linguistics, Cultural Context, Language Role, English (Second Language)
Duffin, Beryl; And Others – 1977
In 1976, small special sections of English A (basic composition) were initiated within the English Department of the University of California at Davis to teach university-level writing skills to students in the Educational Opportunity Program (EOP), seventy-five per cent of whom speak English as a second language. This paper describes the design…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, College Language Programs, College Students, Communicative Competence (Languages)
