The Role of Native Language in second language acquistion

Language Transfer: The role of native language in second language acquisition.

• It is assumed that learners rely on their first language while they are learning a second language acquisition
• Learners tend to transfer forms and meanings from their native language and culture to the foreign language and culture.
• The transfer is productive when the learner attempts to speak the language.
• The trasnfer is receptive when the learner tries to understand the language and culture as practiced by native speakers.

A contrastive analysis: of the native language and the target language was conducted in order to determine similarities and differences in the languages.