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What Is Interlanguage

Interlanguage is introduced by American linguist Larry Selinker. It refers to the linguistic system used by an adult second language learner to express meanings in the language being learned. Selinker coined the term "interlanguage" to describe the systematic knowledge of an L2 that is independent from both the learner's L1 and the target language. Interlanguage has three key characteristics - it is systematic, dynamic, and variable.

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What Is Interlanguage

Interlanguage is introduced by American linguist Larry Selinker. It refers to the linguistic system used by an adult second language learner to express meanings in the language being learned. Selinker coined the term "interlanguage" to describe the systematic knowledge of an L2 that is independent from both the learner's L1 and the target language. Interlanguage has three key characteristics - it is systematic, dynamic, and variable.

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What is

INTERLANGUAGE?
INTERLANGUAGE
INTERLANGUAGE is
introduced by the American
linguist, LARRY SELINKER
INTERLANGUAGE
This term refers to the linguistic system
evidenced when an adult second language
learner attempts to express meanings in the
language being learned.
Selinker(1972) coined the term
interlanguage to refer to the
systematic knowledge of an L2 which
is independent of both these
learners L1 and the target language.
L1 INTERLANGUAGE L2

L2
INPUT
THREE CHARACTERISTICS

SYSTEMATIC

DYNAMIC

VARIABLE
When students learn a new
language, their internal language
system engages in different
processes to understand L2
representations.
FOSSILIZATION
INTERLANGUAGE
PROCESSES
native language transfer
overgeneralization of target language
rules
transfer of training
strategies of communication, and
strategies of learning
NATIVE LANGUAGE
TRANSFER
Items and rules in the learners
version of the target language can
be directly traced back to the
native language
OVERGENERALIZATION
The process of extending the application of a
rule to items that are excluded from the
language norm.
TRANSFER OF TRAINING
occurs when the second-
language learner applies rules
learned from instructors or
textbooks.
STRATEGIES OF
COMMUNICATION

used by the learner to resolve


communication problems when
the interlanguage system seems
unequal to the task.
STRATEGIES FOR LEARNING

used by the learner in a


conscious attempt to
master the target language.
U-SHAPED BEHAVIOR

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