An ELT Glossary L1 Interference

Selasa, 03 Maret 2015




  • Definition : The negative influence of the learners L1 on his/her use of the target language. 


  • Example :  Italian learners may say "I have seen him yesterday" because of the existence of a similar pattern in Italian.


  • The term is associated with audiolingualism, which saw L1 interference as detrimental to learning, and therefore attempted to exclude all use of the L1 from the learning process.  Later, it was recognised that L1 influence could also be positive (eg. recognition of cognates can help learners understand words they have never met before) and the alternative term "transfer" was proposed.

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