LINGUIST List 10.428

Tue Mar 23 1999

Qs: Idiomatic expressions, ESL, German modals

Editor for this issue: Brett Churchill <brettlinguistlist.org>

Directory

1. elkareh/tharwat, Idiomatic expressions
2. Thomas Dinsmore, Volunteer ESL Instructor Training
3. dltra1, German modal particles

Dear list subscribers:

In my pragmatic course a student has suggested a topic of research :
Idiomatic expressions and its relation to pragmatics (with special
mention to teaching languages, learning languages, understanding
utterances) I am asking if some researches have already been published
or your reaction from your own experience in the field thanks a lot
for your valuable help! 

seham

I'm posting this request on behalf of a colleague at the University of
Cincinnati. She is doing her dissertation on Volunteer ESL Instructor
Training and was asking for any citations referring to this for her
literature review.

Please respond directly to her at Stephanie.Gilbertsonuc.edu .

Thank you,

Tom Dinsmore

Dear linguistlist,

My name is Dan Tracy from Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria,
Australia. I am currently writing my fourth year thesis concerning the
modal particles of German and in particular their use in the context
of the "German as a foreign language" classroom. This subject is of
particular interest to me as I have been studying German for a number
of years now (including eighteen months in Germany) and have found
this area to be a particularly unique aspect of linguistics. I would
be very grateful if anyone could let me know of any recent studies
relating to this topic. Thank you.

Dan Tracy, Fourth Year Student, Monash University.