Interlanguage

Which of the following best defines the concept of "interlanguage"?

• A language spoken by a specific cultural group.

• A completely invented language with no connection to existing languages.

• A system of communication that develops when learners use their native language knowledge to understand and produce a new language.

• A language used for diplomatic purposes between different countries.

What does fossilization in language learning refer to?

• Continuous progress

• Keeping the same errors through the time

• Rapid improvement

• Consistent learning

This is a cognitive process in which learners fall back on their mother tongue to create their L2 system.

• Transfer of training

• Overgeneralization of L2 rules

• Language transfer

In interlanguage, "We goed home", is an example of:

• Limited vocabulary

• Grammar errors

• Literal translation

• Learner strategy

A language produced by a learner of a second language that often has grammatical features not found in either the learner's native language or the language being acquired.

• Interlanguage

• Language transfer

When the rules of L2 and L1 of the learners are in conflict with each other.

• Negative transfer

• Positive transfer

When a language error becomes a habit in the second language.

• Interlanguage

• Fossilization

Negative transfer is also called....

• Interference

• Interlanguage

Language input that is understood by the learners.

• Comprehensible input

• Comprehensible output

When learners learn a new language, they pay special attention to its form, use, and meaning.

• Noticing

• Memorizing