FP001 – APPROACHES TO LANGUAGE IN THE CLASSROOM CONTEXT

ASSIGNMENT
General information

This assignment must be done individually and has to fulfil the following conditions:

 Length: between 6 and 8 pages (without including cover, index or appendices –if
there are any-).
 Type of font: Arial or Times New Roman.
 Font size: 11.
 Line spacing: 1.5.
 Alignment: Justified.

The assignment has to be written in this Word document and has to follow the instructions
on quotes and references detailed in the Study Guide.

Also, the assignment must be submitted following the procedure specified in the
document: “Subject Evaluation”. Do not send it to the tutor’s email address.

It is strongly recommended to read the assessment criteria, which can be found in the
document “Subject Evaluation”.

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ASSIGNMENT

See the data collected below and answer the following questions:

1. Work out an IL generalization that might account for the forms in boldface. Give your
reasons for postulating this generalization.

2. What strategy/strategies do you think these learners have come up with regarding
lexical use?

3. What additional information, if any, would you like to have from these learners to test
your hypothesis?

4. How do these tests and results relate to the concepts studied in this subject?

Do not answer the questions one by one, but address all of them in essay form.

Subject’s Background

 Native Languages: Mixed.

 Target Language: English.
 Background Information: Intermediate level, students on
an intensive course.
 Data Source: student compositions.

Data:

1. Soccer is the most common sporting.

2. America refused continual supported our military request.
3. When he was 7 years old, he went schooling.
4. About two hours driving eastern from Bangkok.
5. After finished my college studied, I went to my country.
6. Doctors have the right to removed it from him.
7. There is a night for asleep.
8. Moreover it may lead to conflicting.
9. I am not going to get married when I will graduation the school.

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Important: you have to write your personal details and the subject name on the
cover (see the next page). The assignment that does not fulfil these conditions will
not be corrected. You have to include the assignment index below the cover.

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Student’s full name:

Group:

Date: