First language transfer in the acquisition of English prepositions by Jordanian EFL learners

• Main Author: Almahammed, Yazan Shaker Okla
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Universiti Sains Islam malaysia 2016
• Subjects: English language > Study and teaching > Foreign speaker; Language transfer (Language learning)
• Online Access: http://ddms.usim.edu.my:80/jspui/handle/123456789/12511

Language transfer has an immense influence on all subsystems of the second language. Traditionally, the concept of language transfer was viewed as the effect of first language on the acquisition of the second language. Language transfer can be categorized into two types; negative transfer which stem...