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ERIC Number: EJ181247
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1978
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The Cognate Trap in Writing by Hispanic Students
Pearlman, Daniel
College English, 39, 7, 844-6, Mar 78
Many errors in ESL students' writing are caused by misleading cognates, words in the two languages which look alike, yet do not mean the same thing. (DD)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Error Patterns, Higher Education, Semantics, Vocabulary
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Identifiers: Cognates