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ISBN: 9781111351694
interlanguage (1) the series of interlocking systems moving from the first
language (L1) to the second language (L2) which characterize
language acquisition; (2) the system that is observed at a
single stage of development (i.e., an interlanguage); and (3)
particular L1 and L2 combinations (for example, L1
French/L2 English versus L1 Japanese/L2 English)
intermediate level the transition from learning to read to reading to learn, often
slump characterized by a slowing of progress and frustration due to
students belief that they are more advanced than they really
are; compare learning to read, reading to learn
international teaching at the university level, international graduate students hired by
assistant (ITA) departments to serve as teaching assistants; often, a certain
level of language proficiency is required by the university for
students to serve as ITAs
interpretability the extent to which a listener is able to figure out a speakers
intentions; compare accentedness, comprehensibility, and
intelligibility
intertextuality the use of others texts (or ones own previous texts) in
shaping a newly-created text, for example by citing other
authors or alluding to commonly known works
jigsaw activity an activity in which individuals receive different but related
parts of something, and then work together to complete the
whole; in jigsaw reading and listening tasks, individuals
receive parts of a text that is shared and reconstructed in
groups
KWL chart a graphic organizer commonly used for promoting strategic
reading or listening; the chart motivates students to engage in
the text by having them discover what they already know (the
K stage), what they want to know (the W stage), and what they
have learned (the L stage); also referred to as a KWHL chart
(with H representing the How stage); compare graphic
organizer
Language Experience a method of teaching first and second language literacy in
Approach (LEA) which a group of students first experiences some activity or
event together; then, drawing upon that common experience,
the students dictate statements describing the experience to the
teacher (or another student) who writes them down; this story
is then used for various reading and language practice