Contents; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Different Types of Cross-linguistic Similarities; Chapter 3 Learner Expectations, On-line Comprehension and Receptive Learning; Chapter 4 Cross-linguistic Similarities in Comprehension and Production: The Mental Lexicon; Chapter 5 Transfer: The Use of Cross-linguistic Similarities. The Finnish Scene; Chapter 6 Tests of English Comparing Finnish and Swedish Speakers in Finland; Chapter 7 Levels of Transfer: Items and Procedures (Systems); Chapter 8 Item Transfer in Production: Areas of Language
Chapter 9 Skill Theory, Automaticity and Foreign Language LearningChapter 10 Development of Foreign Language Learning; Chapter 11 Consequences for Teaching; Chapter 12 Further Research Needed; Chapter 13 Conclusion; Appendix 1; Appendix 2; References; Index of Persons Cited
Summary
Explores the importance of cross-linguistic similarity in foreign language learning. Similarities can be perceived in the form of simplified one-to-one relationships or merely assumed. This book outlines the different roles of L1 transfer on comprehension and on production, and on close and distant target languages
