Language Transfer: Cross-Linguistic Influence in Language Learning (Cambridge Applied Linguistics) - Softcover

Odlin, Terence

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9780521378093: Language Transfer: Cross-Linguistic Influence in Language Learning (Cambridge Applied Linguistics)
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ISBN 10: 0521378095 ISBN 13: 9780521378093
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1989

Synopsis

The author shows how similarities and differences between languages can influence grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation acquisition. 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? 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 extremely valuable to their work.

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Book Description

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? 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 extremely valuable to their work.

Review

"This book is packed with information gleaned from the author's comprehensive review of the literature on the long-controversial topic of language transfer....One need not be a linguist or psychologist to profit from reading the work, as it is written in a very readable, non-technical style, and a glossary is provided for the limited number of technical terms the author does use." Gordon L. Jackson, Polylingua

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
1989
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0521378095
ISBN 13 
9780521378093
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
224
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