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Peer reviewedBouton, Lawrence F. – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1976
Challenges the notion that linguistic units which are equivalent from the point of view of being translated with ease from one language to another have a common deep structure. This notion is not seen as feasible in a transformational generative framework. (CLK)
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Contrastive Linguistics, Deep Structure, Descriptive Linguistics
Peer reviewedLevine, Josie – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1976
Presents a grid for analyzing language learning materials based on certain sociolinguistic criteria. (CLK)
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Communication (Thought Transfer), Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
Peer reviewedvan Parreren, C. F. – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1976
Argues against the teaching of foreign languages to children under the age of ten, basing conclusions on empirical and theoretical evidence. (CLK)
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Child Language, Children, FLES
Peer reviewedBieritz, Wulf D. – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1974
The French pronunciation of 88 first-year German university students having studies French at grammar school for five years was analysed and compared with results of contrastive analysis. The composition of error categories according to contrastive features was confirmed by factor analysis. (Text is in German.) (Author)
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Error Patterns, French, German
Peer reviewedHammarberg, B. – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1974
The position here is that error analysis is inadequate, particularly from the language-teaching point of view. Non-errors must be considered in specifying the learner's current command of the language, its limits, and his learning tasks. A cyclic procedure of elicitation and analysis, to secure evidence of errors and non-errors, is outlined.…
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Error Analysis (Language), Error Patterns, Interference (Language)
Peer reviewedLord, R. – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1974
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Child Language, Language Acquisition, Language Instruction
Peer reviewedMueller, Theodore – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1974
Report of a study conducted to determine whether an individualized French course would retain more students than other types of courses have in the past. (PMP)
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Enrollment, French, Individualized Instruction
Peer reviewedReid, Constance – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1974
Descriptors: Abbreviations, Business Correspondence, English, Idioms
Peer reviewedZydatiss, Wolfgang – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1974
Supports and expands upon S. P. Corder's theory that all the utterances of a language learner are well-formed and appropriate. (PMP)
Descriptors: Error Analysis (Language), Error Patterns, Interference (Language), Language Acquisition
Peer reviewedMcTear, Michael F. – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1979
Reviews aspects of Halliday's Systemic-Functional Grammar, emphasizing language functions, modality vs modulation, process types, transitivity, information distribution, and cohesion. Implications for language teaching are discussed. (AM)
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Discourse Analysis, Grammar, Intonation
Peer reviewedLittlewood, William T. – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1979
Proposed a model of first and second language learning within a communicative approach. (AM)
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Communicative Competence (Languages), Discourse Analysis, Language Acquisition
Peer reviewedKaluza, Heryk – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1979
Proposes a model for the description of "tense" in English verbs in the indicative mood. (AM)
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, English, Grammar, Models
Peer reviewedO'Grady, William D. – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1979
Presents an analysis of the similarities and differences between the temporal conjunctions "when" and "while." (AM)
Descriptors: Conjunctions, Linguistic Theory, Phrase Structure, Semantics
Peer reviewedOakeshott-Taylor, John – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1979
Reports on an experiment which sought to use the cloze procedure to test progress in listening skill development in German-speaking students of English. (AM)
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, English (Second Language), German, Language Research
Peer reviewedHenzl, Vera M. – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1979
Reports on an experiment investigating the modifications in lexicon, grammar, and phonology, made by language teachers as they related to varying levels of proficiency, and are compared to "foreigner talk." (AM)
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Czech, Discourse Analysis, English (Second Language)
