The Importance of the Transfer in Italian-Spanish Learning

This article analyzes the differences and similarities between Italian and Spanish and attempts to identify the most problematic areas. The mistakes appear where they are not expected and it is interesting to investigate the reasons for this. Most of these errors are due to the transfer phenomena wh...

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Main Author: Deborah Cappelli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Firenze University Press 2019-08-01
Series:Quaderni di Linguistica e Studi Orientali
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Online Access:https://oaj.fupress.net/index.php/bsfm-qulso/article/view/1914
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description This article analyzes the differences and similarities between Italian and Spanish and attempts to identify the most problematic areas. The mistakes appear where they are not expected and it is interesting to investigate the reasons for this. Most of these errors are due to the transfer phenomena which interest all levels of analysis, from lexicon to morphosyntax passing through phonology but in different ways. The continuity does not necessarily facilitate learning, particularly when many elements intervene such as the context, the type of learning and the learner’s motivation. The linguistic transfer is a transfer of the habits that have been consolidated in their native language in the L2, it is also one of the most active mechanisms in the learning of a similar language. Contrastive Analysis is useful, not for a purely predictive purpose as it was in the past, because excluding the use of the L1 from didactics is not sufficient to prevent possible interference. The learner must have the possibility to access their linguistic heritage and activate the comparison. The transfer appears no more as a passive process over the learner but as an active process, or rather as a cognitive and communicative strategy.
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spelling doaj.art-0371497c956942f2aae74cd2897a23332022-12-22T03:18:42ZengFirenze University PressQuaderni di Linguistica e Studi Orientali2421-72202019-08-01510.13128/QULSO-2421-7220-25972The Importance of the Transfer in Italian-Spanish LearningDeborah Cappelli0Laboratorio editoriale OA / Dip. LILSIThis article analyzes the differences and similarities between Italian and Spanish and attempts to identify the most problematic areas. The mistakes appear where they are not expected and it is interesting to investigate the reasons for this. Most of these errors are due to the transfer phenomena which interest all levels of analysis, from lexicon to morphosyntax passing through phonology but in different ways. The continuity does not necessarily facilitate learning, particularly when many elements intervene such as the context, the type of learning and the learner’s motivation. The linguistic transfer is a transfer of the habits that have been consolidated in their native language in the L2, it is also one of the most active mechanisms in the learning of a similar language. Contrastive Analysis is useful, not for a purely predictive purpose as it was in the past, because excluding the use of the L1 from didactics is not sufficient to prevent possible interference. The learner must have the possibility to access their linguistic heritage and activate the comparison. The transfer appears no more as a passive process over the learner but as an active process, or rather as a cognitive and communicative strategy.https://oaj.fupress.net/index.php/bsfm-qulso/article/view/1914Contrastive AnalysisInterlanguageMother Language and Second Language
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The Importance of the Transfer in Italian-Spanish Learning
Quaderni di Linguistica e Studi Orientali
Contrastive Analysis
Interlanguage
Mother Language and Second Language
title The Importance of the Transfer in Italian-Spanish Learning
title_full The Importance of the Transfer in Italian-Spanish Learning
title_fullStr The Importance of the Transfer in Italian-Spanish Learning
title_full_unstemmed The Importance of the Transfer in Italian-Spanish Learning
title_short The Importance of the Transfer in Italian-Spanish Learning
title_sort importance of the transfer in italian spanish learning
topic Contrastive Analysis
Interlanguage
Mother Language and Second Language
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