Contrastive Analysis, Difficulty, and Predictability
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8937408 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John W Oller (0000-0001-7666-651X, GeneFluidics (United States), corresponding author) |
| Year | 1972 |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 95-106 |
| Publication date | 1972-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Foreign Language Annals (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0015-718X • E-ISSN: 1944-9720 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1944-9720.1972.tb02553.x |
| OpenAlex | W2150557732 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 34 |
Contrastive analysis (CA) is recognized as a useful technique for research into the nature of human information processing but is rejected as a foundation for second language instructional programs. CA is neither a necessary nor a sufficient basis for program design. The language teacher does not need to know how a target structure contrasts with a native structure as much as he needs to know how speakers of the target language use the structure at issue. The latter question can be asked independently of the former and suggests the possibility of a very different approach to foreign language program design. The problem becomes one of providing the learner with input that is informationally rich enough to enable him to acquire the rules of usage of the foreign language. This paper draws together some basic insights and principles of a large body of psycholinguistic research which suggests that the efficiency of learning is accelerated by an increasing organization of the materials to be learned, and that higher levels of organization which magnify the factor of predictability have the effect of exponentially accelerating the learning process
Contrastive analysis · Foreign language · Foundation (evidence · Language assessment · Language structure · Linguistics · Mathematics education · Natural language processing · Predictability · Process (computing · Computer Science · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning · Psychology · Second Language Acquisition and Learning
Signs, language and behavior.
The contexts of plausible denial
Verbal Context and the Recall of Meaningful Material
The magical number seven, plus or minus two
Transfer and Interference as Special Cases of Induction and Substitution
The Effect of Listeners' Anticipations on the Intelligibility of Heard Speech
Familiarity of Letter Sequences and Tachistoscopic Identification
Teaching Spanish
The Psychologist and the Foreign-Language Teacher
The Effects of Context on the Visual Duration Threshold for Words
A basic circularity in traditional and current linguistic theory
Conceptual restrictions on English
The Contrastive Analysis Hypothesis and Spelling Errors
Article Usage and Other Language Skills
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,11 |
| Citation span | 1972 - 1987 (16) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |