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Han, ZhaoHong; Selinker, Larry – Language Teaching Research, 1999
Focuses on the interlanguage of a Thai student learning Norwegian. Suggests that the learner's errors are related to transfer from the first language, but that the error finds justification in the textbook input the student has received. Researchers attempted to "teach out" the error without much success. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: College Students, Error Analysis (Language), Error Correction, Foreign Countries
Ramachandran, Sharimllah Devi; Rahim, Hajar Abdul – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2004
Whilst the communicative approach advocates the use of the target language and implicit/incidental learning in vocabulary teaching, recent literature suggests that there is a need for these methods to be reconsidered. This is motivated by studies which suggest that for effective vocabulary learning process to occur explicit learning should be…
Descriptors: Translation, Incidental Learning, Instructional Effectiveness, Vocabulary Development
Balhorn, Mark – 1996
A study extended previous research on second language learners' use of interlanguage knowledge in making grammaticality judgments. The grammatical construction under consideration is the existential-presentational (E-P) sentence. This construction is described, and it is shown how, due to universal constraints of information structure, it is…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Contrastive Linguistics, Grammar, Grammatical Acceptability
McClure, Erica – 1994
Two studies investigated whether two conventions in the use of adversative conjunctions in English are acquired by native Spanish-speakers who are highly proficient in English. The two conventions are: (1) selection of "but" to introduce foreground information and (2) use of "although" to introduce background information. Subjects in the first…
Descriptors: Conjunctions, Cross Cultural Studies, Discourse Analysis, English (Second Language)
Trimble, Ruth A. – 1993
It is proposed that a major obstacle for intermediate-level learners of English as a Second Language is the transition from thinking in the native language to thinking in English, that this transition must be made before proceeding from the intermediate level, and that it should begin as early as possible in language training. Early in-class…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Diagnostic Tests, English (Second Language), Interlanguage
Treville, Marie-Claude – 1993
This study investigated the effects of systematic use of similarities between the native and second languages on the lexical competence of second language learners. Subjects were 209 first- and second-year English-speaking university students in French language classes. The students were pre- and post-tested for their visual recognition of…
Descriptors: College Students, Comparative Analysis, English, Foreign Countries
Fantini, Alvino E. – 1987
Three aspects of bilingual code-switching are examined: (1) code-switching as an integral part of bilingual behavior, especially in early stages of language acquisition; (2) social factors influencing the child's ability to differentiate languages and make an appropriate language choice; and (3) hierarchical organization of these social factors,…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Case Studies, Child Language, Children
Bouloffe, Jacqueline, Ed.; Huot, Diane, Ed. – 1984
The proceedings of the fourth colloquium of the Groupe de recherche en didartique des langues (Language Teaching Research Group) include eleven papers and four synopses. The papers, three in English (E) and the rest in French (F), cover these topics: cognitive presence in language teaching/learning (F); interlanguage and metalanguage (F);…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Children, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style
Rado, Marta – 1986
Two studies investigated: (1) aspects of the language of native-English-speaking (ES) and non-native-English-speaking (NES) parents of children learning English and (2) the demands made on the listening of young children learning English from native-speaking parents and non-native-speaking parents. Information in the parent study was drawn from…
Descriptors: Aural Learning, Bilingualism, Comparative Analysis, English (Second Language)
Sotillo, Susana – 1987
A study examined the effect of a job-related approach to language learning on a fossilized learner of English as a second language. The subject was a bilingual female nurse with 20 years' residence in the United States. Her oral and written output was thoroughly analyzed and her social and linguistic needs for interacting with patients and…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Discourse Analysis, Education Work Relationship, English for Special Purposes
Py, Bernard – 1972
A progress report is presented of a study which applies a system of generative grammar to error analysis. The objective of the study was to reconstruct the grammar of students' interlanguage, using a systematic analysis of errors. (Interlanguage refers to the linguistic competence of a student who possesses a relatively systematic body of rules,…
Descriptors: Error Analysis (Language), Error Patterns, French, Generative Grammar
Levenston, E. A.; Blum, S. – 1977
This paper discusses the meaning of the term "lexical simplification" in the context of second language acquisition. It is suggested that simplification be viewed as a universal feature of language use which may be manifested in a number of linguistic contexts, including the creation of a learner's interlanguage. It is further suggested…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Error Analysis (Language), Hebrew, Interlanguage
Benetti, Jean N. – TESL Talk, 1978
A study was conducted to test various explanations of the error of unmarked noun plurals made by first generation Italian immigrants. The error appeared to be "fossilized" or not eradicated over a period of time. (SW)
Descriptors: Adults, English (Second Language), Error Analysis (Language), Ethnic Groups
Mukattash, Lewis – IRAL, 1986
Examines the role and significance of systematic error correction and explicit grammatical explanation in adult foreign language education. The type and nature of certain grammatical errors which are characteristic of the interlanguage of Arab learners of English as a second language and which seem insusceptible to defossilization are…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Arabic, Arabs, Code Switching (Language)
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Olshtain, Elite – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1987
A study of acquisition of new word formation devices in Hebrew as an indication of near-native competence is based on data collected from written questionnaires. The three tasks to be completed included: (1) production, requiring suggestions for new nouns; (2) evaluation, choosing the most appropriate innovation; and (3) interpretation,…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, Communicative Competence (Languages), Etymology
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