Transfer in language learning

TRANSFER IN LANGUAGE LEARNING

CONTENTS

• Introduction
• Cognitive factor in second language aquisition(SLA)
• Transfer-code mixing
• Positive and negative transfer
• Overgeneralization and its types
• Types of interference

COGNITIVE FACTORS

Sysematic forgetting

Aptitude

Transfer

Inductive learning

Deductive learning

Intelligence

• Cognitive factors that influence learning range from basic learning processes, such as memorizing facts or information, or higher-level processes, such as understanding application, analysis and evaluation. Cognition is the process of knowing, understanding and learning something.

Transfer

Positive Negative

The similarities shared by the L1 and L2 help SLA

The differences between L1 and L2 that interfere SLA

Positive transfer

• Positive transfer is based on identical points between source and target language which benefits easier acquisition of second language owing to its similar characteristics with mother tongue.
• For example, word order in both English and French is on the basis of Subject+verb+object which encourages language learners to easily acquire this structure and apply them in their language performance: