[ELTWeekly Volume 7, Issue 19 | November 2, 2015 | ISSN 0975-3036]
Learner language is the constantly changing ability students have to communicate as they learn a new language. It provides an index of students progress, allowing teachers to determine how to best educate them. By analyzing examples of learner language, students develop skills to address it when they are teaching.
Elaine Tarone is a professor in Second Language Studies and director of the Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition (CARLA) at the University of Minnesota.
Bonnie Swierzbin teaches in the TESOL-accredited ESL/K12 Licensure and MA in ESL programs at Hamline University.