Research into the English Article System

Peter Master

PUBLICATIONS

Chapters/Proceedings

• 2005. The impact of information structure on ESL/EFL learner's accurate use of articles. In Holten, C. & Frodesen, J. (Eds.), The power of context in language teaching and learning (pp. 91-106). Boston: Heinle & Heinle.
• 1995 Consciousness raising and article pedagogy. In Belcher, D. and Braine, G. (Eds.) Academic Writing in a Second Language: Essays on Research and Pedagogy (Norwood, N.J.: Ablex Publishing Co), pp. 183-204.

• 1994. The effect of systematic instruction on learning the English article system. In Odlin, T. (Ed.) Perspectives on Pedagogical Grammar (pp. 229-252). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.

• 1990a Teaching the English article system, Forum Anthology: Volume IV (1984-1988). (Washington DC: USIA).

• 1988d X-bar syntax and the unity of and -coordinated noun phrases, Proceedings of the Western Conference on Linguistics, Vol. 1, Fresno, CA: California State University, 174-184.

Refereed Journal Articles

• 2003 Acquisition of the zero and null articles in English. Issues in Applied Linguistics 14,1:3-20.

• 2002 Information structure and article pedagogy. System 30,3:331-348.

• 1997 The English article system: Acquisition, function, and pedagogy. System 25,2:215-232.

• 1990b Teaching the English articles as a binary system. TESOL Quarterly 24, 2:461-478.

• 1987 Generic The in Scientific American. English for Specific Purposes 6, 3:165-186.

Nonrefereed Journal Articles

• 2007 Article errors and article choices. CATESOL Journal 19,1:107-131.

• 1988b Teaching the English article system (Part I: Countable/Uncountable and Indefinite/Definite Distinctions), English Teaching Forum 26,2: 2-7.

• 1988c Teaching the English article system (Part II: Generic vs. Specific), English Teaching Forum 26,3:18-25.

• 1986b Teaching the English article system to foreign technical writing students, The Technical Writing Teacher 13,3:203-210 [now Technical Communication Quarterly ].

On-Line Newsletter Articles

• 2003 Pedagogical frameworks for learning the English article system, Applied Linguistics E-Section 24.1, Fall, 2003. PDF File.

• 2002 & 2001 A treatise on modern THEology, AAALetter 23.2, Winter, 2001. Reprinted in AAALetter 24.1, Summer, 2002. [Humor]

ERIC Paper

• 1988a Acquiring the English article system: A cross-linguistic interlanguage analysis. ERIC Database #298768.

Doctoral Dissertation

• 1987 A crosslinguistic interlanguage analysis of the acquisition of the English article system. University of California, Los Angeles. Abstract (Read-Only PDF File).

  Note: To access the UCLA Library file, click on the link above. When the UCLA Library site comes up, after "Find this:" type "Master, Peter Antony" and under "Find Results" select "Author List Showing Titles (lastname firstname)" and click on "Submit." Then click on the dissertation title. If you have trouble accessing the library file, a pdf file of the complete dissertation is available. Contact me at my email address.

Unpublished Conference Papers

• 1993 "A contrastive study of determiner usage in EST research articles," TESOL Convention, Atlanta, GA. PDF File.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

International

• 12/04/06 Fourth Saudi Technical Conference and Exhibition, "Teaching the English Article System," workshop, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

• 04/27/06 TESOL Ukraine Conference, "Teaching the English Article System," workshop, Kamyanets-Podilsky, Ukraine.

• 12/04/93 TESOL Russia Conference, "Teaching the English Article System," Moscow, Russia.

• 04/04/87 USIS-TESL Conference, "The English Article System," King Saud University, Abha, Saudi Arabia.

• 03/16/83 TESOL Convention,"Teaching the Art of the Article," Toronto, Canada.

National

• 03/24/03 American Association of Applied Linguistics (AAAL),"The Effect of Pedagogy on Learning the English Article System," Arlington, VA.

• 03/07/97 American Association of Applied Linguistics (AAAL),"Acquisition of the Two Zero Articles," Orlando, FL.

• 03/28/96 TESOL Convention, "Article Errors and Article Choices," Chicago, IL.

• 03/30/95 TESOL Convention, "The English Article System: Acquisition, Function, and Pedagogy," Long Beach, CA.

• 03/09/94 TESOL Convention, "Consciousness Raising and Article Pedagogy" (Colloquium: "Academic Writing in a Second Language: Issues and Research" with D. Belcher, Ohio State, G. Braine, U. of Southern Alabama, U. Connor, IUPUI, A. Cumming, OISE, and I. Leki, U. of Tennessee), Baltimore, MD.

• 04/16/93 TESOL Convention, "Article Use in English: Research and Teaching Approaches," Atlanta, GA.

• 04/15/93 TESOL Convention, "A Contrastive Study of Determiner Usage in EST Research Articles," Atlanta, GA.

• 03/09/89 TESOL Convention,"Teaching the Articles as a Binary System," San Antonio, TX.

• 02/23/89 Second Language Research Forum (SLRF), "The English Article System as an Interlanguage Measure," UCLA, Los Angeles, CA.

• 10/21/88 Western Conference on Linguistics (WECOL),"X-Bar Syntax and the Unity of Zero And - Coordinated Noun Phrases," California State University, Fresno, CA.

• 03/11/88 TESOL Convention,"Acquiring the English Article System," Chicago, IL.

• 03/04/88 Second Language Research Forum (SLRF), "Acquiring the English Article System," University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI.

State

• 04/03/92 CATESOL State Conference, "The Zero Article in English," Sacramento, CA.

• 03/27/87 CATESOL State Conference, "Acquiring the English Article System," Pasadena, CA.

• 04/16/83 CATESOL State Conference, "Teaching the Art of the Article," Los Angeles, CA.

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