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Analyzing Learner Language Chapter 4. LANE 423 Dr. Amira Kashgary 2013. Learner Language. WHAT IS LEARNER LANGUAGE ? The purpose of studying learner language Learner language and errors (Ca +ea + Interlanguage ) Developmental sequences of learner language
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Analyzing Learner Language Chapter 4 LANE 423 Dr. AmiraKashgary 2013
Learner Language WHAT IS LEARNER LANGUAGE? The purpose of studying learner language Learner language and errors (Ca +ea +Interlanguage) Developmental sequences of learner language L1 influence and learner language Aspects of learners’ development of Vocab, pragmatics and phonology
Comparison Error analysis Contrastive analysis Does not predict errors Discover and describes errors Based on the hypothesis that L2 is like L1 as a system, i.e. rule-governed and predictable Predicts errors Where there are similarities between L1 and L2,there are less errors Based on CAH
* Activity – Contrastive Analysis • Looking at the activity on p. 80 “The Great Toy Robbery” • Read the two texts and examine the errors made by the two learners of English (a French-speaking secondary school student and a Chinese-speaking adult learner). • Do they make the same kinds of errors? In what ways do the two interlanguages differ?
Assignment Examine one of your written assignment. Find the errors you made and explain their type, reason and provide their correction.