APPROXIMATIVE SYSTEMS OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE LEARNERS
The language systems represented in a contact situation can be classified in accordance with their functions as follows: 1. The target language is that in which communication is being attempted; in the case of a learner it is the language he is learning, when he uses it. 2. The source language is that acting as...
Age and Successions of Approximative Systems
Age The fifith factor which may affect the approximative system of the second language learner is his age. Some aspects of the child’s learning capacities change as he grows older and these may affect language learning. The child’s memory span increases with age. He acquires a greater number of abstract concepts, and he uses these...
