This paper describes the acquisition, frequency, and function of the English articles (a, the,
and Ø—the zero article). It explains the two types of zero article (zero and null) and shows …

This study examines the impact of interaction enhancement (IE) on the learning of English
articles. IE is a treatment that guides learners to focus on form by providing interactional …

Recent research has come a long way in describing the linguistic features of large samples
of written texts, although a satisfactory description of L2 writing remains problematic. Even …

The most fundamental responsibility of schools is teaching students to read. Because
reading affects all other academic achievement and is associated with social, emotional …

Linguistic analyses suggest that the nongeneric use of the English definite article the falls
into four major categories: cultural, situation, structural, and textual. This study aims to …

This paper describes several reasons for the difficulty non-native speakers of English have
in acquiring the English article system and reviews five pedagogical methods for teaching …

This article addresses the debate on the causes of variability in production of second
language functional morphology. It reports a study on article production by first language …

This paper reports on a study designed to investigate psychological factors that affect access
to metalinguistic knowledge in second language (L2) production. Based on previous …

An article-choice study involving L1 Mandarin/L2 English bilinguals is reported. It tested two
recent accounts on the representation of English articles in L2 grammars (where L1 has no …

In many mainland Chinese universities, undergraduate students specializing in English
language and applied linguistics are required to write a dissertation, in English, of about …