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The Learner's Interlanguage as a System of Variable Rules
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Dickerson, Lonna J. – TESOL Quarterly, 1975
A longitudinal study of the acquisition and use of the English sound system by Japanese learners of English is reported. The variability model of sociolinguistics is used. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Interlanguage, Japanese, Learning Processes
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
Some Limitations to the Classroom Applications of Current Second Language Acquisition Research
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Tarone, Elaine; And Others – TESOL Quarterly, 1976
Limitations of language acquisition research are: the restricted linguistic scope of studies; lack of data in cognitive processes and learning strategies, the role of individual variables, second language acquisition, and the role of social and environmental variables; and undeveloped methodology for data collection and data analysis. (SCC)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, English (Second Language), Error Analysis (Language), Interlanguage