Learner Profile Input Session 5: L1 Interference (Grammar & Lexis)
Grammatical Interference: Task 1
Look at the sentences on your paper.
Decide if the sentences are correct or incorrect.
Work in pairs.
Take it in turns to read sentences aloud.
Listen and find the corresponding sentences on your paper.
Compare all your sentences.
Discuss why students might make these mistakes.
Grammatical Interference: Task 2
- tenses
- comparatives
- plurasl
- pronouns
- verb patterns
- adjectives
- articles
- Word order
- prepositions
- question tags
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
(g)
(h)
(i)
(j)
Grammatical Interference: Task 3
- She has black hair.
- You’re Spanish, no?
- Lisa isn’t English, is Irish.
- How long have you worked here?
- I’m going out to buy bread.
- He is at the beach.
- She is doctor.
- The people in the class are very friendly.
- Madrid is more big than Córdoba.
- I’m interesting in football.
- He is in the beach.
How long do you work here?
I’m going out for to buy bread.
I’m interested in football.
Lisa isn’t English, she is Irish.
Madrid is bigger than Córdoba.
She is a doctor.
She has hair black.
The people in the class is very friendly.
You’re Spanish, aren’t you?
Grammatical Interference: Task 4
| They say … | They mean … |
|---|---|
| I want that you go. | ____________________ |
| They have three childs. | ____________________ |
| Did she went? | ____________________ |
| We were ten at the party. | ____________________ |
| I no understand. | ____________________ |
| I use to get up at 7 o’clock now. | ____________________ |
Grammatical Interference: Task 5
Read the chapter on Speakers of Spanish to find out more about grammatical interference
(Book title)
- word order
- questions
- question tags
- negatives
- verbs
- ellipsis
- time, tense and aspect
- passives
- infinitives
- articles
- gender
- number
- adjectives
- pronouns
- possessives
- possession
- relative pronouns and clauses
- clause structure and complementation
- indirect speech
- prepositions
