How Does the First Language Have an Influence on Language Learning? A Case Study in an English ESL Classroom

Autor/inn/en	Romero, Yanilis; Manjarres, Milton Pájaro
Titel	How Does the First Language Have an Influence on Language Learning? A Case Study in an English ESL Classroom
Quelle	In: English Language Teaching, 10 (2017) 7, S.123-139 (17 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1916-4742
Schlagwörter	English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Native Language; Transfer of Training; Punctuation; Case Studies; Learning Processes; Handwriting; Arabs; Semitic Languages; Receptive Language; Contrastive Linguistics; Error Analysis (Language); Foreign Countries; Oral Language; Reading Skills; Discourse Analysis; Interviews; Student Attitudes; Listening Skills; Writing Skills; United Kingdom (England) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Training; Transfer; Ausbildung; Interpunktion; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Learning process; Lernprozess; Handschrift; Arab; Araber; Arabisch; Hebräisch; Rezeptive Kommunikationsfähigkeit; Linguistics; Kontrastive Linguistik; Error analysis; Language; Fehleranalyse; Ausland; Oral interpretation; Mündlicher Sprachgebrauch; Reading skill; Lesefertigkeit; Diskursanalyse; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Schülerverhalten; Writing skill; Schreibfertigkeit
Abstract	This article presents a case study which aims at analyzing the influence that the first language has on the learning of a foreign language. This research was conducted in an ESL classroom from a Language Center in England and was carried out with a Saudi Arabian student during a two-month period. In order to conduct this research, theoretical support about contrastive analysis (CA) and error analysis (EA) were taken into account. The findings of this case study suggested that CA and EA are effective ways to study and understand how the first language (L1) of a learner might have an influence on the learning process in a foreign language. In this particular case study, it was found that this Saudi Arabian learner had a better performance in receptive skills; there were some evidences of U shape learning in this learner and also it was noticed that his handwriting and the use of punctuation marks although good, they needed some improvement. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01