A Case Study of NL Influence in Students’ Interlanguage

Irmala Sukendra

2017

Abstract

Interlanguage is a learner’s phase in developing their competence in second language (L2). This study intends to find out whether the students go through the phase of interlanguage in their attempt to acquire second language and whether their interlanguage forms similar system as postulated in Krashen’s hypotheses. A structured writing test of 150 words essay was given to thirty students of fourth semester students of University of Islam Syekh Yusuf Tangerang, faculty of teacher training and education of English Department. Their writing results were then analyzed focusing on how pluralization of nouns is formed and classification is made based on the pluralization formats. It is found that the students formed 134 times of different format of nouns. The learners formed interlanguage of pluralization in which they formed count nouns from what the TL rule acknowledges as non-count nouns by adding articles (a/an). They also formed singular nouns into plural form and vice versa which may be caused by the L1 influence of noun concept. The pluralization forms also consist of characteristics of previously learned languages, features of L2 and general interlanguage characteristics.

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Sukendra I. (2017). A Case Study of NL Influence in Students’ Interlanguage.In 1st International Conference on Educational Sciences - Volume 2: ICES, ISBN 978-989-758-314-8, pages 175-178. DOI: 10.5220/0007047207240727


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@conference{ices17,
author={Irmala Sukendra},
title={A Case Study of NL Influence in Students’ Interlanguage},
booktitle={1st International Conference on Educational Sciences - Volume 2: ICES,},
year={2017},
pages={175-178},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0007047207240727},
isbn={978-989-758-314-8},
}


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TY - CONF

JO - 1st International Conference on Educational Sciences - Volume 2: ICES,
TI - A Case Study of NL Influence in Students’ Interlanguage
SN - 978-989-758-314-8
AU - Sukendra I.
PY - 2017
SP - 175
EP - 178
DO - 10.5220/0007047207240727