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Exploiting the Theory of Universals in Adult Second Language Teaching.

Kandiah, Thiru – IRAL, 1994

This article presents a bilingual teaching strategy based on Noam Chomsky's universalist hypothesis, which emphasizes the "universal" aspects of human language. The strategy focuses on the matching process that all learners carry out between the first (L1) and second (L2) language, as well as the differences between L1 and L2. (58…

Descriptors: Adult Education, Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, English (Second Language)

The Acquisition of English Restrictive Relative Clauses by Chinese, Japanese, and Korean Adult Native Speakers.

Sadighi, Firooz – IRAL, 1994

Examined the comprehension of English restrictive relative clauses containing three universal factors (interruption, word order rearrangement, and parallel function) by Chinese, Japanese, and Korean students at American universities studying English as a Second Language. The findings support the dominance of language universals in the course of…

Descriptors: Chinese, College Students, English (Second Language), Higher Education