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Peer reviewedAhukanna, Joshua G. W.; And Others – Modern Language Journal, 1981
Describes a study undertaken to assess interference from two languages for learners of French. Suggests that susceptibility to interference is related to a number of factors, such as level of proficiency in the target language, and the degree and type of similarity between the target and the base language. (MES)
Descriptors: African Languages, Bilingual Students, English, Error Analysis (Language)
Peer reviewedPollock, Seymour – Modern Language Journal, 1978
Contrastive analysis of Spanish and English reveals the importance of giving as much attention to suprasegmentals as to segmentals in the teaching of pronunciation. (CFM)
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, English (Second Language), Interference (Language), Intonation
