Grammar and the Spoken Language

Carter, Ronald; Mncarthy, Michael

doi:10.1093/applin/16.2.141

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“…Barbieri & Eckhardt (2007) indicate that despite more than two decades of language teaching aimed at fostering natural spoken interaction and written language, instructional textbooks still neglect important and frequent features of real language users. This has been supported by other linguists such as Carter and McCarthy (1995), Harwood (2005) and Hyland (1994).…”

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“…The use of corpus-based findings in order to inform L2 teaching materials has been emphasized by many researchers (see, for example, Biber and Reppen, 2002;Conrad, 1999;2000;Carter and McCarthy, 1995;Holmes, 1988;Harwood, 2005). It is through corpus-based studies that the "scope" of certain features can be investigated (Hulstijn, 1995).…”

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Modal Auxiliary Verbs in Prescribed Malaysian English Textbooks

Mukundan

Khojasteh²

2011

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The use of corpus-based findings in order to inform L2 teaching materials have been emphasized by many researchers owing to the fact that the studies of authentic texts have revealed some inconsistencies between the use of grammatical structures in corpora, and those found in language textbooks that are based purely on hunch. Therefore, by comparing a textbook corpus with the British National Corpus, this study attempts to shed light on the extent in which modal auxiliary verbs presented in the Malaysian prescribed textbooks are identical with those used by native speakers. The findings showed that there are discrepancies between English language textbooks and real language use. Findings from this study contribute to the improvement of pedagogical practices in the teaching of the modal system and provide a sense of familiarity with textbooks' content thus assisting educators in identifying the particular strengths and weaknesses in textbooks already in use.

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Modal Auxiliary Verbs in Prescribed Malaysian English Textbooks

Mukundan

Khojasteh²

2011

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“…Barbieri and Eckhardt (2007) indicate that despite more than two decades of language teaching aimed at fostering natural spoken interaction and written language, instructional textbooks still neglect important and frequent features of real language users. This has been supported by other linguists such as Carter and McCarthy (1995), Harwood (2005) and Hyland (1994).…”

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“…for neglecting important information on the use of grammatical structures as well as lexical items in real language use and provided ample information about the mismatch and lack of fit between language used in the textbook and real language in use (Biber & Reppen, 2002;Carter & McCarthy, 1995;Frazier, 2003;Gilmore, 2004;Glisan & Drescher, 1993;Harwood, 2005;Holmes, 1988;Hyland, 1994;O'Connor Di Vito, 1991;Lawson, 2001;O'Keeffe, McCerthy & Carter, 2007;Mukundan & Roslim, 2009;Mukundan & Khojasteh, 2011;Romer, 2004a;Romer, 2004b). Surprisingly, all of these studies indeed demonstrate that although frequency information exhibit in computer databases has improved a lot, syllabus designers still tend to operate by hunch and neglect important and frequent features of the language spoken or written by real language users (Thornbury, 2004).…”

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Non-empirically Based Teaching Materials Can be Positively Misleading: A Case of Modal Auxiliary Verbs in Malaysian English Language Textbooks

Khojasteh¹,

Kafipour²

2012

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Using corpus approach, a growing number of researchers blamed textbooks for neglecting important information on the use of grammatical structures in natural English. Likewise, the prescribed Malaysian English textbooks used in schools are reportedly prepared through a process of material development that involves intuition. Hence, a corpus-based study with the population that was sourced from five Malaysian English language textbooks (Forms 1-5) was adopted to identify modal auxiliary verbs' order and ranking in both whole text-types and spoken text-type of these textbooks. The WordSmith Tools 4.0 was used almost entirely to support quantitative and qualitative data analysis in this research. This study has revealed that for almost all modal auxiliaries, there is a discrepancy between frequency order in the textbook corpus and natural English. The findings of this study also show that the currently used pedagogical language in Malaysian textbooks is mainly based on written rather than spoken English.

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“…Entretanto, autores que investigam o desempenho linguístico são unânimes em afirmar que esses elementos seguem a regras de uma outra gramática, que poderíamos denominar "a gramática da língua falada" (LUOMA, 2004;CARTER;McCARTHY, 1995;BYGATE, 1987).…”

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Precisão e complexidade gramatical na entrevista de proficiência oral em língua estrangeira

Almeida

2015

Rev. bras. linguist. apl.

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RESUMO:Este artigo configura um recorte de uma tese de doutorado que investiga diferenças na produção de candidatos a um teste de proficiência oral em língua inglesa, e insere-se nas investigações sobre validade e descritores em escalas de proficiência de testes referenciados em critério. Participam da pesquisa oito alunas formandas de um curso de Letras de uma universidade pública paulista. Os resultados apontam diferenças quantitativas e qualitativas entre as faixas de proficiência para precisão, e principalmente qualitativas para complexidade gramatical. A discussão proposta neste artigo é atual e pertinente para o campo de Avaliação de Proficiência no Brasil, num momento em que se debate a necessidade de medidas para avaliar competências docentes, entre elas a proficiência na língua-alvo. PALAVRAS-CHAVE: avaliação; escala; língua estrangeira; precisão; complexidade.ABSTRACT: This paper is part of a doctorate dissertation that investigates differences in the production of candidates of an English oral language test. It contributes to the body of research on validity and descriptors in criterion-referenced language test scales. Eight students graduating from a Language and Literature course in a public university in the state of Sao Paulo, Brazil, participate in this study. Results point to quantitative and qualitative differences between the scale bands for accuracy, and mainly qualitative ones for grammatical complexity. The discussion posed in this article is topical and pertinent to the Language Testing field in Brazil, at the moment when experts have been debating the need for measures to assess teachers' competencesamongst which proficiency in the target language.

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Grammar and the Spoken Language

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Modal Auxiliary Verbs in Prescribed Malaysian English Textbooks

Modal Auxiliary Verbs in Prescribed Malaysian English Textbooks

Non-empirically Based Teaching Materials Can be Positively Misleading: A Case of Modal Auxiliary Verbs in Malaysian English Language Textbooks

Precisão e complexidade gramatical na entrevista de proficiência oral em língua estrangeira

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