A Dissertation by GRACE HUI-CHIN LIN Submitted to the Office of ...

practice the usages in interlanguage because they used foreign languages as well as
mother tongues to think.
Importantly, the intentionality displayed by Cheng Chih was that he would
use interlanguage to handle the condition where his culture needed to be introduced.
Cheng Chih’s case explained why people in Asia, systematically and gradually,
develop various forms of English, including Chinglish, Singalish, and Taiwanlish as
well as interlanguage systems. Indeed, these three new types of Englishes (Chinglish,
Singalish, and Taiwanlish) are intended by Chinese people and can be spoken and
comprehended systematically, even automatically.
Four students in this study (Sung Ru, Cheng Chih, Tien Long, and Ling Mei)
believed that the interlanguage strategy would contribute to their communication
fluency when they needed to introduce Taiwanese culture. The informal speeches
generated through interlanguage would assist them in interpreting specific objects
related to the cultures of Taiwan since some words about Taiwanese culture might not
be found very easily in the dictionary or contents of their textbooks. Besides, some
students (Sung Ru and Tien Long) observed that users of this strategy usually had
personalities that were braver, more creative, or more humorous than the other
students in the same class.
Conclusively, the major themes related to the fourth research question were
mother tongue,” and “intentionality.” Also, “cultural orientation,” and “personalities”
were perceived and deeply discussed by the respondents.
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