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 (pp. 183-204). Norwood, N.J.: Ablex Publishing Co.
  
  
• 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. PDF File.
  
  
• 1988d X-bar syntax and the unity of and - coordinated noun phrases. Proceedings of the Western Conference on Linguistics (pp. 174-184), Vol. 1. Fresno, CA: California State University. PDF File.

Refereed Journal Articles

• 2013 A contrastive study of determiner usage in EST research articles. International Journal of Language Studies 7(1):33-58.
  
  
• 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 Forum News 24.1, November, 2003. PDF File.
  
  
• 2002 & 2001 A treatise on modern THEology, AAALetter 23.2, Winter, 2001. [Humor] Reprinted in AAALetter 24.1, Summer, 2002. PDF File.

ERIC Paper

• 1988a Acquiring the English article system: A cross-linguistic interlanguage analysis. ERIC Database ED298768.

Doctoral Dissertation

• 1987 A cross-linguistic interlanguage analysis of the acquisition of the English article system. University of California, Los Angeles. 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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