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Articles in English Grammar

Outline. Definition of Articles (1.5)IndefiniteDefiniteArticle Use in Other Languages (1.5)Project (5)Description of Project and How it was ImplementedResults of fill in the blank sentencesResults of questions askedObservations/ImplicationsTeaching Strategies (1)Limitations/Improvements of Project (1).

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Articles in English Grammar

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    1. Articles in English Grammar Mandy Reinig APLNG 484 Tuesday, April 24, 2007

    2. Outline Definition of Articles (1.5) Indefinite Definite Article Use in Other Languages (1.5) Project (5) Description of Project and How it was Implemented Results of fill in the blank sentences Results of questions asked Observations/Implications Teaching Strategies (1) Limitations/Improvements of Project (1)

    3. Definition Indefinite Articles a, an, some, or no article Refers to general or nonspecific nouns Definite Articles the for both singular and plural Refers to a specific noun Can also be used for formality or collective nouns No Article Occurs with nonspecific, non-count, or mass or plural nouns nouns that have no specific quantity Ex. Milk, cheese

    4. Article Use in Other Languages Asian, Slavic, African languages Do not have an article system Arabic, Welsh languages Only use definite articles French, Spanish languages Separate articles according to gender Greek language Uses articles with proper nouns May use articles as suffixes rather than individual word

    5. Project Gave surveys to 2 ENGL 015S classes 27 people completed surveys 3 were discarded 24 surveys analyzed Surveys 14 sentences Needed to choose a, an, the, or leave it blank 3 questions to determine difficulty and their language ability

    6. Language Results 23 of 24 listed English 1 did not answer Other languages 5 Spanish 4 French 2 German 1 each of Creole, Cantonese, American Sign Language, Russian, Wolof, Mandingo

    9. Sentence Difficulty 3 none were difficult 1 all sentences were equal 1 each for sentences 1 and 6 hard to choose 4 each for sentences 2, 10, and 12 5 sentence 13 Most felt difficulty stemmed from having more than one option for sentence Results match answers given on survey

    10. Observations/Implications Native English speakers have difficult in choosing which articles to use There are rules that work for many sentences in article choice However, rules not concrete

    11. Teaching Strategies Teach rules (i.e. when to choose definite vs. indefinite article) But also teach that the other may be grammatically correct Depends on what they are trying to convey Teach the difference between non-count, count, and mass nouns and general versus specific Compare to their first language

    12. Project Limitations/Improvements Small sample Determine if students know what an article is (i.e. how to define) Determine how students decided to fill in the blank Explain instructions in more detail Possibly expand and give to ESL students to compare with native English speakers Add idiomatic expressions

    13. Questions?

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