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Ramsay, Janet K. – 1983
The level of mastery of selected language forms among English as a second language students in Botswana was investigated. Eighty-four pupils in the third to the sixth year of formal education provided oral English samples in unstructured formats involving language experience stories. The oral language of the pupils was analyzed to establish the…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, English (Second Language), Error Patterns, Form Classes (Languages)
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Direct linkAlimi, Modupe M. – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2007
What syntactic patterns emerge in students' use of articles and modals? What are the reasons for these patterns? What implications do the findings of the study have for English language instruction in Botswana? Exactly 1556 essays comprising class assignments, written seminar presentations, test papers and examination scripts from 514 randomly…
Descriptors: Form Classes (Languages), Verbs, Writing (Composition), Assignments
