Language Transfer in Language Learning
Language Transfer in Language Learning

Author: Susan M. Gass

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing

Published: 1992-01-01

Total Pages: 247

ISBN-13: 9027224684

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The study of native language influence in Second Language Acquisition has undergone significant changes over the past few decades. This book, which includes 12 chapters by distinguished researchers in the field of second language acquisition, traces the conceptual history of language transfer from its early role within a Contrastive Analysis framework to its current position within Universal Grammar. The introduction presents a continuum of thought starting from the late 70s, a time in which major rethinking in the field regarding the concept of language transfer was beginning to take place, and continuing through the present day in which language transfer is integrated within current concepts and theoretical models. The afterword unites the issues discussed and allows the reader to place these issues in the context of future research. For the present book, the 1983 edition has been thoroughly revised, and some papers have been replaced and added.

Language Transfer
Language Transfer

Author: Terence Odlin

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1989-06-30

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 0521371686

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Terence Odlin reconsiders a question that many language teachers and educational researchers have addressed: how much influence can a learner's native language have in making the acquisition of a new language easy or difficult? Transfer has long been a controversial issue, but many recent studies support the view that cross-linguistic influences can have an important impact on second language acquisition. Odlin analyzes and interprets research showing many ways in which similarities and differences between languages can influence the acquisition of grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation. In addition he provides a detailed look at work on other areas important for the study of transfer including discourse, individual variation, and sociolinguistic factors. Language teachers, applied linguists, and educational researchers will find this volume highly accessible and extremely valuable to their work.

New Perspectives on Transfer in Second Language Learning
New Perspectives on Transfer in Second Language Learning

Author: Liming Yu

Publisher: Multilingual Matters

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 268

ISBN-13: 1783094338

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When people attempt to learn a new language, the language(s) they already know can help but also hinder their understanding or production of new forms. This phenomenon, known as language transfer, is the focus of this book. The collection offers new theoretical perspectives, some in the empirical studies and some in other chapters, and consists of four sections considering lexical, syntactic, phonological and cognitive perspectives. The volume provides a wealth of studies on the influence of Chinese on the acquisition of English but also includes studies involving Finnish, French, Hindi, Korean, Persian, Spanish, Swedish and Tamil. It will be of great interest to researchers and students working in the areas of crosslinguistic influence in second language acquisition, language pedagogy and psycholinguistics.

Explorations of Language Transfer
Explorations of Language Transfer

Author: Terence Odlin

Publisher: Channel View Publications

Published: 2022-05-13

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 178892956X

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When learners of a new language draw on their native language (or on any other that they may know), this earlier acquired linguistic knowledge may influence their success. Such cross-linguistic influence, also known as language transfer, has long raised questions about what linguists can predict about success in the new language and about what processes are involved in using prior knowledge. This book lucidly brings together many insights on transfer: e.g. on the relation between translation and transfer, the relation between comprehension and production, and the problem of how complete any predictions of difficulty may ever be. The discussions also explore implications for future research and for classroom practice. The book will thus serve as a reliable guide for teachers, researchers, translators, interpreters, and students curious about language contact.

Transfer Effects in Multilingual Language Development
Transfer Effects in Multilingual Language Development

Author: Hagen Peukert

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company

Published: 2015-04-15

Total Pages: 364

ISBN-13: 902726869X

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This volume, dedicated to language transfer, starts out with state-of-the-art psycholinguistic approaches to language transfer involving studies on psycho-typological transfer, lexical interference and foreign accent. The next chapter on Transfer in Language Learning, Contact, and Change presents new empirical data from several languages (English, German, Russian, French, Italian) on various transfer phenomena ranging from second language acquisition and contact-induced change in word order to cross-linguistic influences in word formation and the lexicon. Transfer in Applied Linguistics scrutinizes, on the one hand, the external sources of language transfer by investigating bilingual resources and the school context, but also by pointing out the differences in academic language in multilingual adolescents. On the other hand, internal sources of language transfer in multilingual classrooms are illuminated. A final chapter directs its focus on methodological issues that arise when more than one language is studied systematically and it offers a solution on causal effects for the investigation of heritage language proficiencies. The chapter also includes studies that exploit more innovative methodologies on L1 identification and clitic acquisition.

Cross-linguistic Influences in the Second Language Lexicon
Cross-linguistic Influences in the Second Language Lexicon

Author: Janusz Arabski

Publisher: Multilingual Matters

Published: 2006-02-28

Total Pages: 297

ISBN-13: 1788920244

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This volume contains a selection of papers analyzing language transfer, a phenomenon which results from language contact in bilingual and multilingual language acquisition and learning contexts. The main focus of the volume is on the lexical aspects of language transfer.

Third Language Acquisition and Linguistic Transfer
Third Language Acquisition and Linguistic Transfer

Author: Jason Rothman

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2019-10-10

Total Pages: 339

ISBN-13: 1107082889

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Provides a comprehensive overview of third language acquisition (additive multilingualism) in adulthood, an increasingly important subfield of language acquisition.

Cross-Linguistic Transfer of Writing Strategies
Cross-Linguistic Transfer of Writing Strategies

Author: Karen Forbes

Publisher: Multilingual Matters

Published: 2020-10-19

Total Pages: 274

ISBN-13: 1788929764

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In the context of increasingly multilingual global educational settings, this book provides a timely exploration of the phenomenon of cross-linguistic transfer of writing strategies (in particular, transfer from the foreign language to the first language) and presents a compelling case for a multilingual approach to writing pedagogy. The book presents evidence from a classroom-based intervention study conducted in a secondary school in England on cross-linguistic strategy transfer. It suggests that even beginner or low proficiency foreign language learners can develop effective skills and strategies in the foreign language classroom which can also positively influence writing in other languages, including their first language. This book ultimately encourages more joined-up, cross-curricular, cross-linguistic thinking related to language in schools by exploring the potential for collaboration between languages teachers.

Cross-linguistic Similarity in Foreign Language Learning
Cross-linguistic Similarity in Foreign Language Learning

Author: Håkan Ringbom

Publisher: Multilingual Matters

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 153

ISBN-13: 1853599344

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This book explores the importance of cross-linguistic similarity in foreign language learning. Similarities can be perceived in the form of simplified one-to-one relationships or merely assumed. The book outlines the different roles of L1 transfer on comprehension and on production, and on close and distant target languages.

An Introduction to Second Language Acquisition Research
An Introduction to Second Language Acquisition Research

Author: Diane Larsen-Freeman

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-09-25

Total Pages: 387

ISBN-13: 1317869230

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Understanding how people learn and fail to learn second and foreign languages is increasingly recognised as a critical social and psycholinguistic issue. Second languages are vitally important to diverse groups of people, ranging from refugees to college students facing foreign language requirements. This book provides a synthesis of empirical findings on second and foreign language learning by children and adults, emphasising the design and execution of appropriate research.