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Johnson, Keith – ELT Journal, 1988
Viewing language learning as another skill acquisition process allows correction to be seen differently. An "error" occurs when knowledge is faulty, a "mistake" when only the performance is faulty. Mistakes can be corrected when (1) the student desires correction; (2) knows what is correct; (3) knows a mistake has occurred; and…
Descriptors: Error Analysis (Language), Feedback, Interlanguage, Language Processing
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Harrington, Michael – Applied Psycholinguistics, 1987
A sentence interpretation experiment conducted with university-age native English speakers, Japanese English as a second language (ESL) speakers, and native Japanese speakers (N=12 per group) suggested caution in attempting to typify languages on the basis of processing strategies drawn from probabilistic tendencies evident in grouped data.…
Descriptors: Adults, College Students, Comparative Analysis, English
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Py, Bernard – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1986
Describes processes of facilitation involved in exolingual conversation (interactions between persons who are dynamically adjusting their respective linguistic performances) between foreign language learners and native speakers, concluding that such behavior is dynamic and creative, and incapable of being described and defined within predetermined…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Discourse Analysis, Higher Education, Interaction
Achren, Lynda; Bamforth, Jill; McKenna, Angela – 2000
This curriculum guide for Certificates in English Language Literacies (CELL) advocates "apprenticed" learning and assessment. At no stage is the learner expected to work alone, though it is expected and desired that learners eventually consolidate more skills and become more independent. This curriculum is designed so that the learner…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Cooperative Learning, Curriculum Development, English (Second Language)
O'Gorman, Elizabeth – TEANGA: The Irish Yearbook of Applied Linguistics, 1996
A study investigated the organization and development of second language lexicons among Hong Kong learners of English as a Second Language (ESL). Specifically, it compared the associations promoted by a single list of 20 frequent, common words in the learners' native language (L1, Chinese) and second language (L2, English). Subjects were 22…
Descriptors: Associative Learning, Chinese, Cognitive Development, Comparative Analysis
O'Riordan, Mary – 1999
A classroom study investigated the extent of rhetorical transfer in the writing of four Japanese students in a college-level sheltered English-as-a-Second-Language course. Most of the writing assignments from the first 10 weeks of class were analyzed for the number of sentences and clauses in each paragraph (other than introductory, concluding,…
Descriptors: Classroom Research, College Instruction, Contrastive Linguistics, English (Second Language)
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Mossop, Jonathan W. – World Englishes, 1996
Examines the interlanguage (IL) phonology of Malay-speaking Brunein college students by focusing on final and initial consonant clusters and the voicing contrast. The study found no significant difference between the IL phonology of the less and more proficient students when lexical roots were examined, suggesting that the IL phonology has…
Descriptors: College Students, Discussion Groups, Distinctive Features (Language), English (Second Language)
Yavas, Mehmet – IRAL, 1997
Examines the effects of vowel height and place of articulation in interlanguage devoicing patterns of final voiced stop consonants (b, d, g) in words such as "cab,""bad,""bag" in the acquisition of English as a foreign language by Mandarin, Japanese, and Portuguese speakers. Results display a combinatory effect of…
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), College Students, Consonants, English (Second Language)
Musau, Paul M. – IRAL, 1995
Examines how second-language learners compensate for their target language deficiency in communication using the One to One Principle of interlanguage communication. Results indicate that target language aspects not adhering to one-to-one mapping between semantic and surface elements are problematic to the learners and are seemingly acquired late.…
Descriptors: Adjectives, Bantu Languages, Cognitive Mapping, Communication (Thought Transfer)
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Archibald, John – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1998
Addresses a number of issues that have to do with nature of mental representation of an interlanguage grammar. Major focus is on necessity of positing some sort of hierarchical constituent structure to account for what second-language learners do in their phonology. The purpose is to show the utility of invoking a theory of abstract phonological…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, English (Second Language), Grammar, Interlanguage
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Kasanga, L. A. – Indian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 1999
Focuses on the development of pragmatic competence by adult non-native users of English. One aim of the study was to verify whether exposure to models of requesting devices used by a competent user would be beneficial to a less competent user. Results suggest that such exposure is beneficial. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, College Students, Communicative Competence (Languages), English (Second Language)
Hufesien, Britta – IRAL, 1998
Reports a study investigating how multilingual language learners evaluate their own multilingualism, how they view the interaction of their different languages, and whether they think the different languages help or hinder them when speaking, listening, understanding, or writing the foreign languages. Ways in which these perceptions can be used to…
Descriptors: Interlanguage, Language Attitudes, Language Proficiency, Language Research
Sbea-Jarbue, Saleh – IRAL, 1998
A study of error patterns of Arabic-speaking learners of French at a Jordanian university revealed a negative influence of Arabic polysemic words on the learning and use of French vocabulary. It is recommended that second-language instruction make use of explicit instruction in vocabulary that, in the native language, has multiple meanings. (MSE)
Descriptors: Arabic, College Instruction, Error Analysis (Language), Foreign Countries
Mizuno, Harumitsu – Japan Association of College English Teachers: JACET Bulletin, 1985
The purpose of this paper is to examine the process of interlanguage development in Japanese adult learners of English as a Second Language (ESL) in acquisition-poor environments. A total of 353 subjects were divided into 9 groups based on their level of English proficiency and tested to determine: (1) what types of errors Japanese adult ESL…
Descriptors: Adults, Determiners (Languages), Discourse Analysis, English (Second Language)
Steffensen, Margaret S.; And Others – 1996
A study investigated the effect of the language in which a text is written on the imagery and emotional response of biliterate readers. Subjects were 64 native Mandarin-speaking university students majoring in English in a Chinese university. Subjects read a letter describing a typical trip on a third-class train in either English or Chinese, then…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Emotional Response
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