language learning

The Analysis of Kurdish EFL Learners’ Interlanguage

Nawzad Hassan Qadir, Aram Hussein Hassan

This study tackles the content of interlanguage produced by Kurdish EFL learners. This new form of language is created by language learners during the stages of language learning. Interlanguage differs from native and target language because it is characterized by errors and deviations which are the benchmark of learners’ progress. The study of interlanguage is crucially important because it discusses the performance of the second and foreign language learning on the one hand; it diagnoses the errors and non-errors on the other. The data of the study have been gathered from two groups of freshman and junior students in two different universities using two different tests; spoken and written tests. The main issue of the study is the investigation of errors found in Kurdish EFL learners’ interlanguage which can be restricted to morphological and syntactic errors. Thus, the study aims at providing a general account for the interlanguage and identifying the form of errors committed by Kurdish learners. The study concludes that the majority of Kurdish EFL learners frequently make morphological and syntactical errors due to the existence of some factors mainly the interference of Kurdish upon their interlanguage.