Interlanguage = Your In-Between English

  • It’s the “bridge” between your first language and full English.
  • You use L1 + new English + smart guesses. That’s normal.
  • It changes as you practice. Growth = messy + awesome.
Level-up path: TryNoticeFixGrow

Progress: From Try → Fluent (Wiggles Allowed)

  • Starter: words + gestures + pics
  • Builder: short sentences (I go to school.)
  • Connector: link ideas (because, but, so)
  • Shaper: tenses, details, clauses
  • Refiner: accuracy, idioms, style
Mistakes = stepping stones. Step on them!

Fossilization = Stuck Errors (We Unstick ’Em)

  • Happens when an error repeats so much it feels “normal”.
  • Examples: “She go to store”, “I am agree”, “He say me”.
✗ She go every day.
✓ She goes every day. (Add -s for he/she/it.)
Unstick routine: Hear itSay itSee itWrite itUse it

Common Mix-Ups → Quick Fixes

✗ Yesterday I go to the park.
✓ Yesterday I went to the park. (Irregular past.)
✗ I have pen. Sun is hot.
✓ I have a pen. The sun is hot.
✗ I am good in English.
✓ I am good at English.
✗ You are coming?
✓ Are you coming?
✗ My mother she is a doctor.
✓ My mother is a doctor.
Pro tip: underline the subject, circle the verb, box the ending.

Strategy Toolbox (Use These Every Day)

Listening

  • Finger-track key words.
  • Catch endings: -s, -ed.
  • Signal words: yesterday, usually, now, next.

Speaking

  • I think … because …
  • Yesterday I … / Last week we …
  • Repair: Can you repeat? Let me try again.

Reading

  • Underline subjects; circle verbs.
  • Hunt connectors: but, so, because, however.
  • Word family: agree, agreement, disagree.

Writing

  • Line 1: subject + correct verb?
  • Line 2: a/an/the okay?
  • Line 3: time words + connectors?

Error → Upgrade (Fast Class Routine)

  1. Notice it (highlight the “hmm”).
  2. Compare it (peek at a model).
  3. Fix it (say/write the upgrade).
  4. Use it (new sentence, partner share).
  5. Keep it (your personal Fix List).

Pronunciation Mini-Map

  • 3rd person -s: /s/ (likes), /z/ (goes), /ɪz/ (watches)
  • -ed endings: /t/ (worked), /d/ (played), /ɪd/ (wanted)
Chant it: likes—goes—watches • worked—played—wanted

Classroom Doodles & Reminders

  • Draw a 5-step ladder: Starter → Refiner.
  • Magnifying glass = “Notice it”.
  • Toolbelt = strategy power-ups.
  • Sticky area = “This week’s Fix List”.
Reminder: Practice makes patterns. Small upgrades every day!