- Bib ID:
- 5291185
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Rodrigues, Raymond J
- Online Version:
- https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED111027
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- Description:
-
- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1974
- 13 p.
- Summary:
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In comparing the written and oral English syntax of Mexican-American bilingual and Anglo-American monolingual students, this study sought to learn specifically whether these two groups of students represent the same speech population in English syntactic use. A total of 70 subjects were randomly selected for the four groups (bilingual and monolingual fourth and ninth graders). Each subject was taped in an interview to acquire a sample of oral language production--free speech--while free writings in class were used for written production. Oral and written samples were divided into T-units, and 20 T-units of each language production were randomly sampled for each student and then analyzed to test for central tendency, dispersion, and skewness. Results showed that the bilingual and monolingual students do represent the same language population in English syntactic usages, except in ninth-grade written average clause length. However, the study raises questions, and the subject warrant's further research. (JM)
- Notes:
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- ERIC Note: Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association of Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (Denver, Colorado, March 5-10, 1974).
- Educational level discussed: Elementary Secondary Education.
- May also be available online. Address as at 14/8/18: https://eric.ed.gov/
- Reproduction:
- Microfiche. [Washington D.C.]: ERIC Clearinghouse microfiches : positive.
- Subject:
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- Available From:
- ERIC
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