Interlanguage Theory by Larry Selinker
Interlanguage
Language or linguistic system that is used by second and foreign language learners who are in the process of learning the target language
Applying knowledge from native language to second language
Bibliography
Making the use of linguistic rules and extending them wrongly into an environment where they do not apply.
International review of applied linguistics in language teaching, IRAL 10(1-4): 209-232. Selinker, Larry 1972 "Interlanguage"
Transfer of Training
Acquisition will become impossible or incomplete after this period
Positive: Occurs when some characterisitics of native language are similar to /same with target language.
Negative: dissimilarities between native language and target language are mistakenly taken to be similarities.
Learning and communication Strategies
Learning Strategies : all types of learning and teaching, these are often conscious steps or behaviors used by language learnes to enhance new information
Communication: Deliberate attempt to express meaning when faced difficulty in the second language.