PRINCIPLES AND

ELT 211
THEORIES OF
LANGUAGE
ACQUISITION AND
LEARNING
Prepared by:
CRISTY A. NGO
CTE, UM Main
 STUDYING THE
LANGUAGE OF L2
LEARNERS
Purpose:
1. To determine whether l2 learners have learned
what they are expected to.
2. To monitor how closely their language matches
the TL
1. Contrastive Analysis Hypothesis (CAH)

2. Error Analysis

3. Interlanguage
 CONTRASTIVE ANALYSIS HYPOTHESIS

■ It reveals the grammatical mistakes committed

by the L2 learner.
■ It explains that errors in L2 learner’s speech are
the result of transfer from the learner’s L1.
 ERROR ANALYSIS
■ A detailed description and analysis of the kind of
errors the L2 learner make.
 INTERLANGUAGE by Selinker
Analogy:
An English speaking student studying Korean. At first, the
student will only view Korean in terms of the English language.
But as he begins to learn Korean, the person starts adopting
Korean language rules, structures, culture. As the person
understands more of what it means to use Korean and to think
like a Korean the person will reside in the vast emptiness of
space. The person is in between the two celestial bodies, but not a
part of either one. This is interlanguage- the language is between
two, but can’t be classified as either one.