Language Transfer

The author shows how similarities and differences between languages can influence grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation acquisition. In the paperback edition, 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.

cambridge university press ケンブリッジ ケンブリッジユニバーシティプレス ケンブリッジ大学出版局 cup その他 More english language products 英語教材商品 resources photocopiables downloads 印刷可能教材ダウンロード教材 resource and reference books リソース参考書 reference linguistics teacher resource books 文法言語学教師用指導書 teacher reference professional development cambridge applied linguistics 教師用参考資料専門別英語 リソース印刷可能教材ダウンロード教材 professional development academic research 研究本 先生用 教員研修 参考書