Second language aquisition 2

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• form-function mapping the identification by the learner of a particular function which can be preformed by means of particular form
• formulas chunks of language that are stored either as complete units I don´t know or as partiellt units Can I have a
• fossilization the processes responsible for the cessation of learning some way short of target-language competence
• free variation the random use of two or more variants of structure
• global errors errors that affect overall sentence structure ( word order errors )
• implicit knowledge the L2 knowledge of which a learner is unaware and therefore cannot verbalize
• input the samples of oral and written language a learner is exposed to while learning or using a particular L2
• input-based instruction instruction that aims to teach learners a linguistic item systematically exposing them to it in the input rather then giving them opportunities to produce it themselves
• input flooding a type of form-focused instruction that involves supplying learners with plentiful positive evidence of a specific linguistic feature
• input hypothesis how learners subconsciously aquire language from input they comprehend
• instrumental motivation the degree of effort a learner puts into an L2 as a result of the desire to achieve some functional goal, to pass an exam
• intake that portion of the input that learners attend to and take into short-term memory
• integrative motivation the degree of effort a learner puts into learning an L2 through an interest and desire to identify with the target-language culture
• interaction hypothesis the name given to claim that the interactional modifications resulting from negotation of meaning facilitate acquisition
• interlanguage refer to the systematic knowledge of an L2 that is independent of both the target language and the learner´s L1
• interlanguage continuum interim system that a learner construction in the process of aquiring an L2
• investment learner´s commitment of learning an L2
• intrinsic motivation the degree of effort a learner makes to learn an L2 as a result of interest generated by a particular learning activity
• L1 transfer the process by which the learner´s L1 influences the acquisition and use of an L2
• Language Aquisition Device the innate language faculty responsible for L1 aquisition

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