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Synopsis
Of the many variables affecting foreign language learning, the learner's first language is of especially great importance. The recent emphasis on language learning processes rather than linguistic products has given a new slant to what was earlier known as transfer studies. This book is concerned with the foreign language learner's underlying processes. It is based on data from Finland showing the differences between Finnish-speaking and Swedish-speaking Finns learning English....
About the Author
HAYkan Ringbom is Emeritus Professor of English at A bo Akademi University, Turku/A bo, Finland. His published monographs include a study of the narrative technique of Beowulf and Lawmana  s Brut, a stylistic study of George Orwella  s essays and his 1987 study of the role of the first language in foreign language learning. He has also published some 50 articles in the fields of...
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- PublisherMultilingual Matters
- Publication date1987
- ISBN 10 0905028805
- ISBN 13 9780905028804
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages192
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