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山西师范大学研究生 第二语言习得 课程考试试题（卷） 2010 —— 2011 学 年 第 一 学期 平时成绩 考试成绩 课程总成绩 院 （所）：外国语学院 专 业：外国语言学及应用语言学 年 级：二年级 学 号：209414061 姓 名：范德瑞 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title：Language transfer on SLA Abstract The essay aims to investigate how the language transfer influence the process of SLA,in the field of SLA research, language transfer has long been a controversial research subject. it was initially associated with behaviorist theories of language learning and was seen as an impediment. It was considered to only hinder the acquisition of a L2. However, the development of Interlanguage Theory and the flourishing of psycholinguistics have finally recognized the significance of the role of the L1 in SLA. Learners L1 is viewed as a resource which the learner actively draws in interlanguage development. The positive role of language transfer in SLA has been gradually acknowledged. Based on this , it will make a exploration of both positive and negative transfer between the L1 and the L2 through learners interlanguage. Key words: language transfer; positive transfer; negative transfer; second language acquisition (SLA) 1.Language transfer 1.1Definitions of language transfer Language transfer took its root in the Transfer Theory in psychology. Psychologists defined transfer as a type of learning activities by which learners previously acquired knowledge about the learning skills will influence the out come of their learning or training behavior. They maintain that transfer can be both be both positive and negative. Behaviorists defined transfer as a consequence of habit formation, which implies the extinction of the learners primary language when he or she is learning the new language. However, it is now widely accepted that the influence of the learner;s nativ