CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD

LANGUAGE ACQUISITION THEORIES

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s approach to SLA which analyzed learners’ L2 errors in order to understand interlanguage development, independent of assumption about L1 influence.
A
Error Analysis
B
Contrastive Analysis
C
Conversational Analysis
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -two major approaches to the study of learner’s errors, namely contrastive analysis and error analysis. Error analysis cannot be studied properly without touching upon the notion of contrastive analysis. Contrastive analysis and error analysis have been commonly recognized as branches of Applied Linguistic Science.

Detailed explanation-2: -L2 Learning: Behaviorist, Innatist and Interactionist Theory Behaviorism gave birth to stimulus–response (S–R) theory which strives to explain L2 learning as the acquisition of a set of structures through the process of habit formation (Powell, Honey, & Symbaluk, 2016).

Detailed explanation-3: -To sum up, interlanguage is a linguistic system created by second language learners to assist their second language acquisition. Rules are created by individual learners, so they are unique for every learner. Interlanguages are systematic, but they are also open to changes, which take place with progress.

Detailed explanation-4: -What is a functional approach to language? A functional approach looks at how language enables us to do things: to share information, to enquire, to express attitudes, to entertain, to argue, to get our needs met, to reflect, to construct ideas, to order our experiences and make sense of the world.

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