Name: Valerie Ann T.

Delicano Course and Year: BSED-English 2

Subject: ENGLISH 2- Second Language Acqusition Submitted to Mrs. Cristina G. Juarez
College of Teacher Education, Central Philippines State University

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Chapter 6
Psycholinguistic Aspects of Interlanguage

Psycholinguistic Aspects of Interlanguage

Psycholinguistic Issues on: One viewpoint Another Viewpoint

According to Eric Kellerman, learners have
perceptions regarding the linguistic
features of their own language. They treat
some features as potentially transferable
and others as potentially non-transferable.
Kellerman found that advanced Dutch
learners of English had clear perceptions
L1 Transfer about which meanings of ‘breken’ were
basic in their L1 and which were unique.
Other researchers have found that the
transfer of some L1 grammatical features
is tied to the learners’ stage of
development. Transfer is governed by
learners’ perception about what is
transferable and by their stage of
development. It follows that interlanguage
development cannot constitute a
restructuring continuum.
Name: Valerie Ann T. Delicano Course and Year: BSED-English 2
Subject: ENGLISH 2- Second Language Acqusition Submitted to Mrs. Cristina G. Juarez
College of Teacher Education, Central Philippines State University

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Stephen Krashen has argued the need to
distinguish ‘acquired’ L2 knowledge and
‘learned’ L2 knowledge. He claims that the
former is developed subconsciously
through comprehending input while
communicating, while the latter is
Role of Consciousness developed consciously through deliberate
study of the L2. Krashen’s claim that the
two knowledge systems are entirely
independent of one another and tht
‘learned’ knowledge can never be
converted into ‘acquired’ knowledge.
Richard Schmidt has pointed out that the
term ‘consciousness’ is often used very
loosely in SLA and argues that there is a
need to standardize the concepts that
underlie its use. Schmidt argues that no
matter whether learning is intentional or
incidental, it involves conscious attention to
features in the input.