LINGUISTICS: ROLES OF L1 TO L2 TRANSFER

Roles of L1 to L2 transfer Language transfer is an important factor in second language acquisition, and this is because learning of a language is a habit-forming process. The transfer from a native l anguage, the L1, influence the learning of L2 because there is interference. Therefore, for many people lack of success in L2 acquisition is attributed to the native language of a learner. There are distinctive roles of L1 to L2 transfer, and the major forms of transfers are positive and negative tr...