Language Transfer

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Language Transfer
Cross-linguistic influence in language learning
This book reconsiders a question that many language teachers and educational researchers have discussed: how much influence a learner's native language can have in making the acquisition of a new language easy or difficult. Transfer has long been a controversial issue, but many recent studies sup-port the view that cross-linguistic influences can have an im-portant 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 pro-nunciation. 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.
"This is indeed a... Tovább

Fülszöveg

Language Transfer
Cross-linguistic influence in language learning
This book reconsiders a question that many language teachers and educational researchers have discussed: how much influence a learner's native language can have in making the acquisition of a new language easy or difficult. Transfer has long been a controversial issue, but many recent studies sup-port the view that cross-linguistic influences can have an im-portant 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 pro-nunciation. 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.
"This is indeed a worthwhile text for researchers and language teachers. Odlin . . . presents a comprehensive yet readable overview of the concept of language transfer, both positive and negatíve, and its part in second-language acquisition."
- CHOICE
Terence Odlin is Assistant Professor in the Department of English at The Ohio State University, where he teaches courses in linguistics and in English as a second language. Vissza