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Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1989
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Differences between American English and British English: A Challenge to TESOL.
Benson, Morton
TESOL Quarterly, v23 n2 p351-55 Jun 1989
Educational programs for teachers of English as a Second Language must devote more attention to differences between the standard varieties of American and British English, with instruction focusing on the major orthographic, morphological, syntactic, collocational, and lexical differences. (CB)
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Dialects, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language), Higher Education, Language Teachers, Language Variation, Morphology (Languages), North American English, Second Language Instruction, Spelling, Standard Spoken Usage, Syntax, Teacher Education Programs
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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