Interlanguage

Interlanguage

1. What is Interlanguage?

   • It is the state where a second language mental grammar is located. However, it has not been mastered at all.
   • Main aspects
     • Interlanguage Development
       • There is no guarantee that L2 learners will master the target language.
       • A continuous process of hypothesis formulation and testing.
       • New L2 elements make students test and assess them.
       • Analogies between new and known content take place.
       • Carried out subconsciously.
       • Feedback plays an important role.
       • Interlanguage changes may enable L2 learners to reach the target language desire.
     • Predictable Path
       • Psychological structures can influence the development of the target language.
       • One example could be the age of a person.
       • It is not a random but an established process.
     • Overgeneralisation
       • It is the moment when a person tends to use a specific grammar rule in many situations including those who are not possible.
       • One clear example is the use of the "ed" grammar rule in many cases as possible.
         • Examples: goed, eated or sleeped,