Dr. J Ronayne Cowan Phd. | Department of Linguistics

Contact Information

University of Illinois
Dept. of Linguistics, MC-168
707 South Mathews Avenue
Urbana, IL 61801
USA

Associate Professor Emeritus

Research Interests

English as Second Language, Second Language Acquisition, Computer Assisted Language Learning
English as Second Language, Second Language Acquisition. Computer Assisted Language Learning

Highlighted Publications

Journal Articles

Cowan, J. Ronayne. "Reading, perceptual strategies, and contrastive analysis." Language Learning, vol. 26, no. 1, 1976, p. 95-109.

Cowan, J. Ronayne. "English teaching in China: a recent survey." TESOL Quarterly, vol. 13, no. 4, 1979, p. 465-482.

Cowan, J. Ronayne. "Reading performance of bilingual children according to type of school and home language." Language Learning, vol. 26, no. 2, 1976, p. 353-376.

Cowan, J. Ronayne. "Literacy in the southern Sudan: a case study of variables affecting literacy programs." Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, vol. 4, 1983, p. 75-92.

Books

Cowan, J. Ronayne, and Russell Schuh. Spoken Hausa. Spoken Language Services, 1976.

Cowan, J. Ronayne. The Teacher's Grammar of English: A Course Book and Reference Guide. Cambridge University Press, 2008.