The learning of foreign language vocabulary on an example of positive transfer of Polish, English and German Cover Image

Nauka leksyki w języku obcym na przykładzie transferu pozytywnego języka polskiego, angielskiego i niemieckiego
The learning of foreign language vocabulary on an example of positive transfer of Polish, English and German

Author(s): Izabela Bawej
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Foreign languages learning, Applied Linguistics
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu w Białymstoku
Keywords: positive transfer; mother tongue; foreign language; vocabulary

Summary/Abstract: The following article presents the problem of positive language transfer in a foreign language learning process. The paper explores results of an inquiry made among the students of Applied Linguistics at the Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz and discusses the question: How do the mother tongue and the first mastered foreign language facilitate the learning of the new vocabulary in the next foreign language? The author explains the problem in relation to Polish → English, Polish → German, English → German and German → English.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 20
  • Page Range: 9-24
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Polish