Studying Interlanguage Data Sets Source Gass Selinker 2008

Studying Interlanguage Data Sets Source: Gass & Selinker , 2008

Getting Started • Make a table like this: English-Like Non-English-Like Ambiguous

Set 1: Simple Past • • • I went to school yesterday. She didn’t came to class. Did she forgot what to do? Tim studied for the test. We ate lunch, then we red (/rɛd/). We didn’t slept much.

Analysis English-like Non-English-Like I went to school yesterday. She didn’t came to class. Tim studied for the test. Did she forgot what to do? We ate lunch, then we read. We didn’t slept much. Ambiguous

What’s the rule?

Set 2: -ing markers • • • He’s sleeping. She’s sleeping. It’s raining. He’s eating. Hani’s sleeping. The dog eating. (The dog is eating. ) Hani watch TV. (Hani is watching TV. ) Watch TV. (He is watching TV. ) Read the paper. (He is reading the paper. ) Drink the coffee. (He is drinking coffee. )

What’s the rule? • The Verb + -ing form is used in sentences without overt objects. • The simple form of the verb is used with transitive verbs with overt objects.

Set 3: Plurals • • • • • There also two deserts. I bought a couple of towel. So, when I like to park my car, there is no place to put it, and how many ticket I took. There is many kind of way you make baklawa. The streets run from east to west, the avenues from north to south. I go to university four days a week. Just a few month he will finish from his studies. Egypt shares its boundaries with the Mediterranean. There is a lot of mosquito. Many people have ideas about Jeddah and other cities located in Saudi Arabia. When he complete nine month. . . He can spend 100 years here in America. There about one and half-million inhabitant in Jeddah. How many month or years have been in his mind? There are many tents—and goats running around. There are two mountains. How many hour? There are more than 200, 000 telephone lines. Every country had three or four kind of bread.

What’s the rule? • Exceptions must also be explained away. – Ex: nine month; how many month or years; many people, ideas • Mark all plural nouns with /s/ except those that are preceded by a quantifying phrase or a non-numerical quantifying word.

Set 3: Relative Clauses (R & NR) • I am an accountant in Accounting Department of National Iranian Oil Company in Abadan which is one of the south cities of Iran. • There is a tire hanging down from the roof served as their playground. • Today you can find rural people that they don’t have education. • My problem was to find a place has at least a yard for my children. • I wanted them to practice Chinese conversation what they learned every day. • When I return I plan to do accounting and supervising which is my interest and hope. • And it’s a lovely view which you can see it from the plan. • Libya is quite a big country in which my home town is the biggest city. • Their philosophy depends on their education which they still working for it, as I am doing right now. • You can also go to the restaurant where you can have a good meal at a quiet table near the window. • I saw a group of people waiting for us. • Next week you give me a list of machine parts required in this contest.