Role of L1 in L2 Acquisition According to Contrastive Analysis Hypothesis and Error Analysis

Mai Thi Phuong Thao

doi:10.53935/2641-533x.v3i2.142

Mai Thi Phuong Thao

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In the changed context of a globalized world where English language continues to grow as a second or third language in many parts of the world, acquiring two primary languages simultaneously gains an increasing popularity. In this case, reviewing the influence of L1 on second language acquisition, i.e. language transfer, is of great importance. Though the theory of language transfer has experienced a long time of ups and downs since 1940s, up to now, it is still a central issue in applied linguistic, second language acquisition and language learning. Much of the history of this central concept has been tied in with the varying theoretical perspectives on SLA. The acceptance and/or rejection of language transfer as a viable concept has been related to the acceptance or rejection of the specific theory with which it has been associated. The article aims to compare and contrast views of the role of L1 in L2 acquisition according to Contrastive Analysis Hypothesis and Error Analysis approaches to reinvestigate how the views of L1's contributions to SLA changed in the early approaches.

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The role of the native language has had a rocky history in second language acquisition research and practice (Gass & Selinker, 2008)
With only 3 per cent of learner‟s errors resulted from interference, the comparison between the two language systems in contrastive analysis was of little use to predict or explain the second language acquisition (SLA) process and the role of transfer fell into disfavour
There has been a considerable disagreement among the researchers about native language influence

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The role of the native language has had a rocky history in second language acquisition research and practice (Gass & Selinker, 2008). Language acquisition as Habit Formation To understand why CAH were widely accepted as the mainstream view of language learning at that time (or the language transfer phenomenon were widely accepted), it is important to understand the psychological and linguistic theories where CAH rooted: Structuralism and Behaviorism.

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