INTERLANGUAGE

INTERLANGUAGE

1. Purpose

   • It shows how learners are trying to figure out the rules of a new language
     • L1 acquisition and L2 learning compared
       • L1
         • Natural
         • Unconcious
         • Illimited
         • Easy to acquire
       • L2
         • Teacher input
         • Concious
         • Llimited
         • Difficult to acquire

2. Contrastive analysis

   • Procedures
     • Description
       • Formal description of two languages L1 & L2
     • Selection
       • Picking forms from the description
     • Contrast
       • Making contrasts of the forms chosen
     • Prediction
       • Making predictions of difficulty through contrast
   • involves predicting end explaining learner problems based on a comparison of L1 and L2

3. Error analysis

   • It is a useful technique to define the learners'errors of L2
     • Taxonomy of learners' errors
       • Omissions
         • A required element is left out in a sentence or utterance.
       • Additions
         • Extra elements are added in a sentence that are not necessary or correct.
       • Misinformation
         • The use of an incorrect form of a particular grammatical form, on occasions due to overgeneralization.
       • Misorderings
         • Errors in word order or sentence structure