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The Case for Considering Syntactic Maturity in E.S.L. and E.F.L.

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Mendelsohn, David J. – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1983

Maintains that measuring syntactic error alone is inadequate and that syntactic maturity should also be considered. Discusses ways of measuring syntactic maturity in spoken English of nonnative speakers and examines the relationship of syntactic error to syntactic maturity. (EKN)

Descriptors: English (Second Language), Error Patterns, Language Proficiency, Language Tests

The Importance of Negative Transfer in the Speech of Near-Bilinguals.

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Sheen, Ronald – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1980

Discusses the literature on interference as the cause of errors in second language speech. A study is reported which shows that interference by the native language is most often the factor responsible for the largest number of mistakes in grammar and vocabulary. (Author/AMH)

Descriptors: Adults, Bilingualism, Discourse Analysis, Error Analysis (Language)