Jack L. Burston

Mogilevski, Eugene and Jack L. Burston 1999 Morphosyntactic accuracy in the written compositions of advanced university level students of French Australian Review of Applied Linguistics 22:1, pp. 61–80 | Article

This article investigates the morphosyntactic accuracy of second year examination compositions written by advanced level students of French. The study provides a detailed error analysis of 212 compositions done on the basis of an error classification system consisting of twenty-two linguistic… read more

Burston, Jack L. 1996 Call at the crossroads: Myths, realities, promises and challenges Australian Review of Applied Linguistics 19:2, pp. 27–36 | Article

CALL has been promoted for nearly 30 years essentially on the basis, not of fact, but of the myth, that it demonstrably produces positive language learning outcomes. In reality, there is no reliable evidence to support such claims. If the effectiveness of CALL is to move beyond the stage of myth… read more

Burston, Jack L., Jeannette Harfouch and Monique Monville-Burston 1995 The French CAT: An assessment of its empirical validity Australian Review of Applied Linguistics 18:1, pp. 52–68 | Article

This paper investigates the empirical validity of the Monash-Melbourne computer adaptive test for French (French CAT), a single parameter Rasch model measurement of underlying morphosyntactic proficiency. It focuses, in particular, on the accuracy of the French CAT as a tool for streaming incoming… read more

Burston, Jack L., Bernadette Dejean de la Batie, Alastair Hurst and Monique Monville-Burston 1988 Student contributions to the development of computer-aided language learning programs Australian Review of Applied Linguistics 11:1, pp. 158–175 | Article

The purpose of this paper is to assess the effect of student contributions to the development of a computer-aided language learning program for French. As part of a scheduled fortnightly summary review session, students are directly involved in an evaluation of the effectiveness of the grammar… read more

Burston, Jack L. and Monique A. Burston 1981 The Use of Demonstrative and Personal Pronouns as Anaphoric Subjects of the Verb Être Lingvisticæ Investigationes 5:2, pp. 231–257 | Article

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