Willem J. Meijs
List of John Benjamins publications in which Willem J. Meijs is involved.
Articles
1990 Suffixation and second Language Acquisition: Morphological Derivation in the English of Dutch Secondary School Pupils ITL - International Journal of Applied Linguistics 87/88, pp. 65–93 | Article
The aim of the present paper was to find out which learning strategies secondary school pupils of different ages employ to acquire complex words in English as their second language: either by applying rules and analogies or by learning by heart. As a working hypothesis, it was postulated that… read more
1983 Kruisinga; Mens En Taalkundige Toegepaste Taalwetenschap in Artikelen 17, pp. 209–214 | Article
1979 Communicerende Vaten: Relaties Tussen Moedertaalonderwijs en Vreemde-Talenonderwijs Taalpolitieke kwesties in Nederland: 24 maart 1979 in Eindhoven, pp. 83–94 | Article
Theories about mother-tongue teaching and second language teaching (L1 and L2 teaching) converge on a number of aspects, viz. 1) com-municative orientation, 2) functional orientation, and 3) preference for authentic materials. Both LI and L2 theorists agree that the main teaching objective must be… read more