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A 3 page overview of the theory of interlanguage as it compares to the rationalist approach to language acquisition. This paper summarizes Tarone’s response to criticism of her interlanguage theory by rationalist Gregg. No additional sources are listed.
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and, indeed, even defines who we are. Precisely how we acquire language and the opportunities and limitations this acquisition entails, however, are highly debated topics. Once we rise
above this debate, however, we come to realize that language defines how we come to know and interact in our world, even why we believe or refuse to believe in
the things that drive us both individually and collectively. In "On Variation in Interlanguage: A Response to Gregg" author Elaine Tarone responds to criticism of her variation model
of language acquisition. Gregg specifically proposed a rationalist model of language acquisition and contended that the variation model proposed by Tarone in 1983 was "inherently incapable of explaining second
language acquisition" (Tarone). Tarone refutes Greggs claim, however, and continues to insist that interlanguage variation is indeed a critical component of second language acquisition.
In refuting Greggs criticism of the interlanguage model Tarone argues that Greggs rationalist model presents rules are that incredibly complex, too complex in fact for learners
to acquire. She argues that the rationalist approach is based on the predication that rules of grammar are either known or unknown and that a learners performance is optimal
at all times. In reality, Tarone argues, this optimal situation is seldom in play. There are, in fact, gaps both in a learners knowledge and variable output in
their performance that the rationalist model simply cannot explain. The acquisition of knowledge under the rationalist approach is predicated on the assumption that certain aspects of language acquisition competence
are innate, that the learner recognizes that all human language obeys certain laws and rules are basically standard, that some rules are restricted, some are related, and others are impossible.
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