{"pk":35996,"title":"Verb Errors of Bilingual and Monolingual Basic Writers","subtitle":null,"abstract":"This study analyzed the grammatical control of verbs exercised by 145 monolingual English and Generation 1.5\nbilingual developmental writers in narrative essays using\nquantitative and qualitative methods. Generation 1.5 students made more errors than their monolingual peers in\neach category investigated, albeit in only 2 categories was\nthe difference statistically significant. Yet the overall effect\nwas cumulative: The total number of verb errors in the essays of bilinguals was statistically larger than that in the\nessays of monolinguals. Both monolingual and bilingual\nwriters inappropriately transferred the features of spoken\nEnglish into the written medium, and both displayed difficulties in the appropriate use of the perfect aspect. However, Generation 1.5 learners also exhibited ESL-like traits\nin their writing, demonstrating a weak control of verbal\ninflection. The findings suggest that explicit grammar instruction may be warranted in all Developmental Writing\nclasses, especially those with large proportions of Generation 1.5 learners.","language":"eng","license":null,"keywords":[],"section":"Theme Section - Feature Articles","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/6557g3jw","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Olga","middle_name":"","last_name":"Griswold","name_suffix":"","institution":"California State Polytechnic University, Pomona","department":""}],"date_submitted":null,"date_accepted":null,"date_published":"2017-01-01T19:00:00+01:00","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"PDF","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/catesoljournal/article/35996/galley/26848/download/"}]}