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Download full textNsengiyumva, Dominique Savio; Oriikiriza, Celestino; Nakijoba, Sarah – Indonesian Journal of English Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics, 2021
This paper discussed Cross-Linguistic Transfer (CLT) and Language Proficiency in multilingual education in general and highlighted samples of CLT in Burundi as the existing literature reveals. As there exist CLT on all linguistic levels, this discussion has provided examples of phonological (including phonetics), lexical and semantic, and…
Descriptors: Transfer of Training, Language Proficiency, Multilingualism, Second Language Learning
Peer reviewedMentcher, E. – English Language Teaching Journal, 1979
By comparing Russian and English on the phonological and grammatical levels, guidelines are offered for teachers of English as a second language to Russian students. (CFM)
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, English (Second Language), Grammar, Interference (Language)
Peer reviewedYarmohammadi, Lotfollah – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1980
The syntactic distribution and behavior of five English and Persian "measure" nouns and their adjectives are compared. From this, errors attributable to transference and those due to inconsistencies in English are enumerated. A unified analytic model of Persian errors in learning English suggests useful teaching strategies. (PMJ)
Descriptors: Adjectives, Contrastive Linguistics, English (Second Language), Error Analysis (Language)
Peer reviewedSchaarschmidt, Gunter – Russian Language Journal, 1979
Describes a sequence for teaching the Russian passive construction to exemplify how a learning sequence based on a contrastive analysis and on error analysis can lessen student errors. These errors are caused either by interference from the first language or over-generalization in the second language. (PMJ)
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Error Analysis (Language), Interference (Language), Language Instruction
Lay, Nancy Duke S. – 1991
This guide is designed to help college-level teachers of English as a Second Language address the particular linguistic characteristics and instructional needs of native Chinese-speaking students. The first chapter profiles four Chinese students at the City College of New York, focusing on their basic literacy in Chinese, immigration issues,…
Descriptors: Chinese, Classroom Techniques, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis
