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O'Loughlin, Kieran – Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 1994
Investigates whether English teachers and teachers of English as a Second Language (ESL) rate writing samples differently using both holistic (global) and analytical (multiple trait) scoring methods. Findings suggest that the analytical scoring method may be more faithful to real dissimilarities existing between these two groups than is the…
Descriptors: College Students, English (Second Language), English Instruction, Essays
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Thomas, Sarah; Hawes, Thomas – Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 1994
Examines syntactic choices available to journal article writers for making reporting statements and the conditions governing such choices. The article investigates the way in which the choice of theme affects the syntactic form of the reports. The resulting syntactic forms are shown to be associated with the function of reports in their contexts.…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Context Effect, Discourse Analysis, Form Classes (Languages)
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Watts, Noel – Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 1994
Examines the research needs relative to the use of foreign languages in tourism activities in Australia and New Zealand. Findings indicate a lack of precise information on the ways in which the tourism industry in these countries provides appropriate language assistance to non-English speaking inbound visitors. Suggestions for future research are…
Descriptors: Chinese, Communicative Competence (Languages), Economic Factors, French
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Martin, Anne L. – Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 1994
Discusses the attitudes of students concerning the benefit of Year 12 foreign language courses to the development of their oral and aural proficiency in the target language, i.e., French. While most students felt that their ability to speak and understand spoken French had improved as a result of the course, some expressed dissatisfaction with…
Descriptors: College Students, Course Content, Foreign Countries, French
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Rieschild, Verna Robertson – Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 1994
Examines some aspects of English and Lebanese-Arabic adult responses to child answers, exploring the way the use of preferred communication strategies reflects culturally based assumptions about learning and guiding learning. The article argues that adults who regularly deal with young children develop preferred interactive strategies deriving…
Descriptors: Adults, Arabic, Child Language, Communication (Thought Transfer)
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Field, Yvette – Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 1994
Examines the use of cohesive conjunctions by student writers in Hong Kong to ascertain how it differs from native speaker use, to gauge the extent to which teaching, textbooks and transfer are influential, and to analyze the extent of misuse and unnecessary use. The article makes suggestions for teaching implications and further research. (18…
Descriptors: Cantonese, Cohesion (Written Composition), College Students, Comparative Analysis
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