CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Language transfer is often referred to as cross-language transfer, which is the ability to use skills acquired in one language and to use those skills to facilitate learning of a new language.

Detailed explanation-2: -Odlin (1989) defines language transfer as the influence resulting from similarities and differences between the target language and any other language that has been previously acquired. There are two types of language transfer: negative transfer and positive transfer. Language transfer can be conscious or unconscious.

Detailed explanation-3: -The replication of rules from our first language (L1) to the second language (L2) is called language transfer. Our knowledge and understanding of L1 impact our understanding of L2. We can transfer grammar, vocabulary, syntax, semantics, spelling, morphology, pronunciation, structure, and culture to the L2 language.

Detailed explanation-4: -Researchers define language acquisition into two categories: first-language acquisition and second-language acquisition. First-language acquisition is a universal process regardless of home language.