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Revising the Language of New South Wales Police Procedures: Applied Linguistics in Action.
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Gibbons, John – Applied Linguistics, 2001
Discusses revisions of the New South Wales Police Code of Practice designed to encourage interpreters, improve interviews, and enhance intelligibility of scripted cautions. Each of these issues is framed in terms of a model of applied linguistics in which an issue or problem is defined, a solution is proposed and implemented, and the success of…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Interpreters
Varying Realities: Patterned Changes in the Interpreter's Representation of Courtroom and External Realities.
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Hale, Sandra; Gibbons, John – Applied Linguistics, 1999
Presents results of a detailed analysis of courtroom transcripts involving Spanish-English interpreting by four interpreters in Sydney, Australia, where consistent changes in the interpreted versions were found. Discusses omission of substantial diminution of reference to the courtroom reality in interpreted discourse and changes in tenor that may…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Discourse Analysis, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
Low Second Language Proficiency and Register Complexity as Influences on L2 Reading: A Reassessment of the Threshold Hypothesis.
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Shokepour, Nasrin; Gibbons, John – Indian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2000
Attempts to reinterpret the threshold hypothesis, which states that low second language (L2) proficiency blocks the transfer of first language (L1) reading strategies to the reading of L2 texts. Results indicate that it is not only low foreign language proficiency but also text difficulty in terms of register complexity that negatively affect the…
Descriptors: Difficulty Level, Foreign Countries, Language Proficiency, Linguistic Theory
Language and the Law.
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Gibbons, John – Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, 1999
Discusses the language of law and its general interest to the field of applied linguistics. Specific focus is on legal language, the problems and remedies of legal communication (e.g., language and disadvantage before the law, improving legal communication) the legislation of language (e.g., language rights, language crimes), and forensic…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Court Litigation, Discourse Analysis, Grammar
Applied Linguistics in Court.
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Gibbons, John – Applied Linguistics, 1990
Two issues are addressed: (1) the scope of linguistics, and (2) the social justice issue of police procedures for dealing with limited proficiency speakers of majority languages. These are explored by examining evidence produced by police in court and the language addressed to second-language speakers by police, particularly official cautions.…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Court Litigation, English (Second Language), Justice
Exploring the Use of a Systemic Semantic Description.
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Gibbons, John; Markwick-Smith, Victoria – International Journal of Applied Linguistics, 1992
A systemic model for a semantico-grammatical approach to language teaching is presented along with an illustration of its usefulness in finding underdeveloped parts of the semantico-grammatical system and a description of a successful preliminary trial in treating them. (18 references) (VWL)
Descriptors: Error Analysis (Language), Grammar, Second Language Instruction, Semantics
Depth or Breadth? Some Issues in LOTE Teaching.
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Gibbons, John – Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 1994
Discusses the possibility of most students attaining a communicative proficiency in a language other than English. A case study of a school is presented that includes information and opinions gathered from parents and an outline "depth" curriculum for this school. (14 references) (Author/CK)
Descriptors: Age, Case Studies, Catholic Schools, Change Strategies