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ERIC Number: EJ240686
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1981-Jan
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Use of the Mother-Tongue in Teaching Learners to Choose the Appropriate Form of the Indefinite Article.
Sood, S. C.
English Language Teaching Journal, v35 n2 p172-74 Jan 1981
Describes the problems Hindi students have with the indefinite article "a/an". They use one or the other dependent upon whether or not the following noun or adjective begins with an orthographic vowel, rather than a phonological one (producing "an European"). Suggestions for improvement using the students' native language are given. (PJM)
Descriptors: Determiners (Languages), English (Second Language), Error Analysis (Language), Hindi, Morphology (Languages), Phonology, Secondary Education, Spelling, Teaching Methods, Urdu
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher
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Audience: Practitioners
Language: English
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