... series of interlocking system which form the learner's built-in syllabus" Corder L2 learner progress along the interlanguage continuum in the same way as it was in L1.Both L1 and L2 learners make errors in order to test out certain hypothesis about the nature of the language they are learning. Selinker suggested that 5 principal processes operated in interlanguage. 1. language transfer( L1 interference) 2. Overgeneralization of target language rules 3. Transfer of training (rules enter in learner system) 4. Strategies of L2 learning (identifiable approach by the learner to the material to be learned) 5. Strategies of L2 communication (identifiable approach by the learner to communication with native speakers) The 5 principle together constitute the way in which the learner tries to internalize the L2 system. Learners have limited space for processing, cannot cope with the complex language system. Some L2 learners fail to reach the target language, because they do not reach the end of the interlanguage ...

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