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Interlanguage is a linguistic system that is identical to the target language.
Interlanguage is a linguistic system that is identical to the target language.
False
The rules of Interlanguage are fixed and do not change over time.
The rules of Interlanguage are fixed and do not change over time.
False
Interlanguage is a random collection of elements from the first language and the target language.
Interlanguage is a random collection of elements from the first language and the target language.
False
All learners have the same Interlanguage system.
All learners have the same Interlanguage system.
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Interlanguage is a temporary system that is eventually replaced by the target language.
Interlanguage is a temporary system that is eventually replaced by the target language.
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Intralingual transfer is caused by the learner's native language.
Intralingual transfer is caused by the learner's native language.
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Selinker first introduced the concept of overgeneralization in his 1972 paper Interlanguage.
Selinker first introduced the concept of overgeneralization in his 1972 paper Interlanguage.
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Fossilization is a phenomenon that only affects beginner learners of a second language.
Fossilization is a phenomenon that only affects beginner learners of a second language.
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Error reappearance is a type of language competence fossilization.
Error reappearance is a type of language competence fossilization.
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Selinker and Lamendella redefined fossilization in 1972.
Selinker and Lamendella redefined fossilization in 1972.
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Study Notes
What is Interlanguage (IL)?
- A linguistic system used by second language learners to communicate in the target language.
- Created by learners as they attempt to communicate in the target language.
- Affected by the learner's native language, which is used to understand and organize the second language.
Characteristics of Interlanguage
- Has its own rule system, but contains ungrammatical sentences and elements.
- Unique to each speaker, consisting of elements from both L1 and L2, as well as the speaker's perceptions.
- Dynamic and permeable, with rules that can be altered, deleted, or added over time.
Types of Transfer
- Interlingual transfer: an error resulting from language transfer, caused by the learner's native language.
- Intralingual transfer: an error resulting from faulty or partial learning of the target language.
Fossilization
- A mechanism underlying surface linguistic material that speakers tend to keep in their IL productive performance, regardless of age or instruction.
- Defined as a permanent cessation of IL learning before the learner has attained TL norms at all levels of linguistic structure and in all discourse domains.
- Classified into temporary fossilization (stabilization) and permanent fossilization.
- Temporary fossilization indicates learning plateaus, where development of given TL features is arrested or inhibited for shorter or longer periods of time.
- Permanent fossilization often occurs among adult learners who have no intention to improve their target language, commonly in pronunciation.
Individual Fossilization
- Consists of two types: error reappearance and language competence fossilization.
- Error reappearance refers to the inappropriate interlanguage structures that are thought to have been corrected but continue to appear regularly.
- Often found in IL of beginners or learners with low proficiency.
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Learn about Interlanguage, a linguistic system used by second language learners. Understand how learners create this language and how it's affected by their native language.
