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Peer reviewedKhafaji, A. R. – English Language Teaching, 1975
The formal-functional contrastive analysis approach is suggested as an alternative to both the structural and the transformational contrastive approaches. A theoretical explanation and a practical contrastive technique for the formal-functional approach are given. (CJ)
Descriptors: Arabic, Contrastive Linguistics, Linguistic Theory, Second Language Learning
Download full textWardhaugh, Ronald – 1970
The claim that the best language teaching materials are based on a contrast of the two competing linguistic systems has long been a popular one in language teaching. It exists in strong and weak versions, the strong one arising from evidence from the availability of some kind of metatheory of contrastive analysis and the weak from evidence from…
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Deep Structure, Interference (Language), Linguistic Theory
Cook, Vivian J. – IRAL, 1969
Descriptors: Child Language, Language Acquisition, Linguistic Competence, Linguistic Theory
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
Chomsky, Noam – Francais dans le Monde, 1972
Translation of a paper presented at the Northeast Confernece on the Teaching of Foreign Languages held in April 1966 in New York, New York. (DS)
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Deep Structure, Linguistic Theory, Second Language Learning
Peer reviewedBrown, T. Grant – Modern Language Journal, 1971
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Instructional Materials, Linguistic Theory, Linguistics
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
Peer reviewedBabby, Leonard H. – Slavic and East European Journal, 1975
The fact that impersonal verbs in Russian do not form active participles or gerunds is discussed and explained. (RM)
Descriptors: Deep Structure, Linguistic Theory, Morphology (Languages), Russian
Broderick, John P. – RELC Journal, 1974
This article illustrates how data on second language learning can contribute to linguistic theory and to teaching procedure. (AM)
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Classroom Research, Language Instruction, Language Research
Jung, Lothar – Neusprachliche Mitteilungen, 1977
Considers the question of how much psycholinguistics can contribute to foreign language teaching. Transformational grammar as well as behaviorist, psychobiological and development-psychological approaches are considered. These various psycholinguistic directions are sketched and examined for their applicability to foreign language teaching. (Text…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Language Instruction, Learning Processes, Learning Theories
Roberts, J. T. – Audio-Visual Language Journal, 1973
The language aquisition device (LAD) as hypothesized in the writings of Noam Chomsky is analyzed in terms of its applicability to second language learning (L2). (RL)
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Bibliographies, Charts, Diagrams
Bennett, William A. – Audio-Visual Language Journal, 1973
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Deep Structure, Linguistic Theory, Morphology (Languages)
Peer reviewedEwing, Wallace K. – Foreign Language Annals, 1972
Descriptors: Language Proficiency, Language Research, Learning Theories, Linguistic Competence
Peer reviewedEngels, L. K. – ITL Review of Applied Linguistics, 1975
The article outlines the need to eliminate rote-learning and pure imitative strategies in second language learning, particularly in the areas of syntax and semantics. Theoretical foundations for this need are discussed, with reference to the coding hypothesis for memory functions in language learning. Results of experimental investigations are…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Linguistic Theory, Rote Learning, Second Language Learning
Anderson, Suzan, Ed. – 1970
The notes and articles in the present compilation constitute, for the most part, reports of work in progress by the Language Research Foundation staff, and are circulated to interested scholars for the purpose of inviting comments, criticism, and suggestions. Contents include: (1) "The Export of TESOL: Are Audio-lingual Techniques Universally…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, English (Second Language), Language Research, Linguistic Theory
