Learner language
What is learner language?/ What is interlanguage?
Learner's developing L2 knowledge
How does CAH look at errors?
Errors are results of transfer from learner's first language.
Errors in L2 speech are an incorrect version of target language.
What was an important difference between the error analysis approach to understanding L2 learner language and the contrastive analysis approach?
True or False?
Why do we study learner language?
To help Ts to assess teaching procedures and help Ls to be aware of the steps that they go through in acquiring L2 features
It provides basis for:
- identifying differences between the L1 and the L2
- predicting areas of potential errors
EA doesn’t detail what learners don’t do /what they avoid when using L2.
An L2 learner asks you 'Is the house has two windows?'. What stage of question development would he be at?
Stage 3: Fronting
Why is learner language dynamic?
Because it continually evolves as learners receive more input and revise their hypotheses about the second language.
Learners do not make all predicted errors
Learners make errors that are not always predictable.
1. L1 transfer/interference errors
2. Developmental errors (e.g., overgeneralisation, simplification)
Which of the following verbs would beginner level learners of English most likely mark with past tense?
need a haircut
make a cake
win a prize
like action movies