The Role of the First Language in Foreign Language Learning

by Hakan Ringbom, Ringbom, Håkan Ringbom

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0905028805
• ISBN13: 9780905028804
• Release Date: October 1987
• Publisher: Multilingual Matters Limited
• Length: 192 Pages