Essays about: "first language interference in second language acquisition"
Found 5 essays containing the words first language interference in second language acquisition.
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1. Mother Tongue Influence when Learning a Second Language : A Contrastive Analysis of Swedish Gymnasium Students
University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälleAbstract : The intended purpose of this essay was to examine student essays to find out if there are any first language interferences in Swedish students’ written English. First language interference has been researched before, which will be presented in the essay, amongst other terms such as translanguaging, acquisition and language transfer, all explained in the theoretical concepts section. READ MORE
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2. Native language interference in Bangladeshi students’ use of articles in English essays : A comparison of Bengali medium and English medium schools
University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkulturAbstract : The impact of the first language on the second language has long been a vibrant and controversial issue in terms of second language acquisition. The impact or influence happens when learners learn a new language and transfer features from their native language to the new language. READ MORE
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3. Cross-linguistic interference of intonation in regard to tag questions in native, second and third language use. Does Russian have an impact on Danish and English in terms of intonation in the tags?
University essay from Lunds universitet/Allmän språkvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Språk och språkvetenskapAbstract : This study investigates the cross-linguistic interference between speakers of Russian (as a first language or L1), Danish (as a second language, or L2) and English (as a third language, or L3) in terms of rising intonation patterns in tag questions in read speech. The subjects of the investigation are ten adults with an additive bilingualism between the ages of twenty to twenty-three, who immigrated to Denmark with their parents between the ages of four and fourteen. READ MORE
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4. "You must stay for dinner; we're having cud" : A study of the relationship between Swedish speakers' perception and production of English vowels
University essay from Estetisk-filosofiska fakultetenAbstract : Learning a second language is different from learning our first one. A lot of rules from the first language, concerning e.g. grammar, intonation and phonology, are so firmly rooted within learners that they will transfer them to the new language regardless of whether they are correct or not. READ MORE
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5. Native Swedish Speakers’ Problems with English Prepositions
University essay from Örebro universitet/Humanistiska institutionenAbstract : This essay investigates native Swedish speakers’ problems in the area of prepositions. A total of 19 compositions, including 678 prepositions, written by native Swedish senior high school students were analysed. All the prepositions in the material were judged as either basic, systematic or idiomatic. READ MORE