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ERIC Number: EJ539350
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0802-6106
Variation in Teachers' Talk: The Effects of Proficiency.
Yousif, Amna Abdel Gadir
International Journal of Applied Linguistics, v6 n2 p257-73 1996
Examined the speech of Sudanese non-native speakers of English while they lectured to non-native English speaking students from in content-subject classes. The study was carried out to see whether lecturers simplified their language syntactically by proficiency level. Findings reveal that the lecturers used five different syntactic variables according to the proficiency level of their students. (36 references) (Author/CK)
Descriptors: College Students, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Language Patterns, Language Proficiency, Lecture Method, Oral Language, Second Language Instruction, Syntax, Teacher Role, Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Nonnative Speakers; Sudan