Stages of interlanguage development
As we mentioned in 2.1.3, second language learners build up grammatical knowledge and control of the target language gradually. In this section, we review evidence which shows the similar stages of grammatical development that learners from different language backgrounds and different learning contexts go through.
Reflective task 5
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If a Spanish learner of English says to you:
what would you think was the origin of this error? If a German learner of English says to you:
would you attribute this error to the same origin? What alternative explanation could you offer? Click on 'Commentary' for feedback. |
