This paper investigates the order of the acquisition of grammatical morphemes in the interlanguage of Croatian pupils of English as a foreign language (EFL). The order of acquisition was determined for nine grammatical morphemes. Additionally, the selected morphemes were combined to form the four verb tenses so as to determine the order of their emergence in the pupils' verb-morphology repertoire. The study was conducted on a corpus of 36 transcribed recordings of parts of classroom interaction. The pupils' speech production was elicited by various task-based activities. The suppliance of nine grammatical morphemes was investigated by means of obligatory occasion analysis (Brown 1973) which examined their obligatory and correct use. The obtained results revealed progress only in the acquisition of the present tense copula be. The emergence of verb tenses was partly identified due to the insufficient suppliance of grammatical morphemes in the pupils' speech production.Keywords: order of acquisition; grammatical morphemes; verb tenses; task-based activities; obligatory context Longitudinalna raziskava usvajanja glagolskega oblikoslovja pri učenju angleščine kot tujega jezika POvZETEK v prispevku predstavljamo raziskavo, ki ugotavlja, v kakšnem vrstnem redu hrvaški učenci angleščine kot tujega jezika v vmesnem jeziku usvajajo devet slovničnih morfemov. Dodatno smo izbrane morpheme opazovali tudi pri tvorjenju štirih glagolskih časov, da bi ugotovili, v kakšnem vrstnem redu in obsegu se pojavljajo pri usvajanju glagolskega oblikoslovja. Za raziskavo smo uporabili 36 transkripcij zvočnih posnetkov delov razrednih interakcij. Govorne odzive učencev smo spodbudili s pomočjo na nalogah zasnovanih dejavnosti. Uporabo/pojavnost devetih slovničnih morfemov smo proučevali na osnovi obvezne situacijske analize (Brown 1973), s katero smo raziskali obvezno in pravilno rabo morfemov. Rezultati dokazujejo učenčev napredek samo pri usvajanju sedanjika veznega glagola biti. Zaradi pomanjkljive rabe glagolskih morfemov v govoru učencev je bilo tvorjenje glagolskih časov le delno dokazano.Ključne besede: vrstni red usvajanja; slovnični morfemi; glagolski časi; na nalogah temelječe dejavnosti; obvezno sobesedilo

The aim of this paper is to explore the developmental patterns in the acquisition of morphological phenomena in the interlanguage systems of Croatian primary school EFL learners. Developmental sequences in learner language morphology were observed longitudinally thus including learners across grades 6, 7, and 8. The data illustrate the use of morphemes (regular and irregular variants for the third person singular -s, the auxiliary verb BE, the present progressive ING) in obligatory contexts (Brown 1973). Interlanguage development was examined in accordance with the Input Processing theory of VanPatten (2004). Samples of spontaneous speech production were elicited via communicative activities. The study findings suggest that the progressive ING is processed earlier due to its higher communicative value when compared to -s.

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