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Seelbach, Dieter – Linguistik und Didaktik, 1978
Recommends the "distributional" and transformational grammar approach as especially suitable for developing a teaching grammar for dealing with the French simple infinitive and infinitive with "de". (IFS/WGA)
Descriptors: French, Grammar, Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
Titone, Renzo – Rassegna Italiana di Linguistica Applicata, 1991
For the past 30 years, much has been written about the works of Noam Chomsky. A comparison is presented of the latest writings about Chomsky (in particular P.M.S. Hacker's 1990 work) with those written in the early 1960s. (CFM)
Descriptors: Deep Structure, Linguistic Theory, Second Language Learning, Semantics
Roesler, Dietmar – Linguistik und Didaktik, 1979
Criticizes attempts to incorporate transformational grammar into foreign language teaching, citing specific failures in experiments with the transformational grammar model. (IFS/WGA)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), French, Instructional Materials, Language Instruction
Peer reviewedMonnerie, Annie – Langue Francaise, 1979
Examines the positive and negative features of traditional, transformational, and notional grammar as they relate to the teaching of French as a foreign language. (AM)
Descriptors: French, Grammar, Language Instruction, Linguistic Theory
Kastovsky, Dieter – Linguistik und Didaktik, 1978
Reviews some aspects of word formation in foreign language teaching that are receiving attention in current discussions. (IFS/WGA)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Instruction, Morphology (Languages), Second Language Learning
Peer reviewedPienemann, Manfred; Johnston, Malcolm – Second Language Research, 1996
Replies to Mellow's (1996) criticism of the authors' second language acquisition model. The article argues that this model is based on the psychological concept of exchange of linguistic information and that Mellow's evaluation of various types of transformational analysis is irrelevant. The article also addresses several points of detail in…
Descriptors: Grammar, Language Processing, Linguistic Theory, Models
Bhat, K. V. T. – Newsletter of Central Institute of English and Foreign Languages, 1978
The properties of "do", its distribution and meaning, are discussed. "Do" is one of the most common error-zones for Indian learners of English. Two analyses of "do" which account for the distribution and meaning of this element are presented. According to the transformational approach, "do" is introduced in…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Usage, Linguistic Theory, Phrase Structure
Lehmann, Winfred P. – Bulletin of the Association of Departments of Foreign Languages, 1979
Traces the history of linguistic theory as it has affected the field of second language instruction. (AM)
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Grammar, Language Instruction, Linguistic Theory
Donaldson, Weber D., Jr. – 1970
On the basis of evidence from general linguistic theory and psycholinguistic research, it is argued that the working hypotheses of the audiolingual habit theory are inconsistent with studies of human verbal learning tasks, and that transformation grammarians have shown convincingly that structuralist views of language are too narrow in scope. It…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Instructional Effectiveness, Learning Processes, Learning Theories
Peer reviewedNey, James W. – Foreign Language Annals, 1979
Discusses the structuralist and the cognitivist theories of language learning, and emphasizes the importance of practice in second language learning. (AM)
Descriptors: Language Instruction, Learning Processes, Learning Theories, Linguistic Theory
