Open AccessInter- and intralingual transfer in primary school students’ written production in their L3
Author(s) -
Zofia Chłopek
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
acta universitatis wratislaviensis. studia linguistica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0137-1169
DOI - 10.19195/0137-1169.39.3
Subject(s) - german , linguistics , orthography , foreign language , production (economics) , psychology , first language , lexis , negative transfer , perception , computer science , mathematics education , philosophy , reading (process) , economics , macroeconomics , neuroscience
The paper presents the results of a preliminary research study of inter- and intralingual transfer in young learners’ written production in their L3. The research was conducted with Polish-speaking primary school pupils with two foreign languages, L2 English and L3 German. The analysis of the participants’ errors indicates that all languages of a third language learner may participate in transfer processes. The language areas most affected by transfer are orthography, morphology and lexis. The observed errors point to the gradually developing meta- and cross-linguistic awareness of young learners, as well as their perception of the typological distance between their languages.