Cross-Linguistic Influence: From Empirical Evidence to Classroom Practice

This book presents the latest research in various areas of cross-linguistic influence (CLI), providing educators with insights into how previously learned languages influence the learning of an additional language at different levels, such as phonetics/phonology, morphosyntax, vocabulary, pragmatics, writing style and learning context. While the majority of the chapters have English as the target language, one investigates the acquisition of French. The L1s of the learners include Arabic, Basque, Catalan, Chinese, Czech, Danish, Finnish, Galician, Georgian, German, Norwegian, Polish, Russian, Spanish and Swedish. Each chapter ends with a reflection on possible pedagogical implications of the findings and offers recommendations on how to make the most of cross-linguistic influence in the classroom.

Cross-linguistic Influence in Second Language Speech: Implications for Learning and Teaching.- A Preliminary Study on the Nature and Impact of Phonological and Orthographic Transfer in the Language of Bilingual Speakers of Spanish and Galician When Communicating in English.- CLI in Lexical Accessibility.- Cross Linguistic Influence at the Level of Word Order in L3 English by L1 Georgian/L2 Russian Speakers.- Didactic Challenges in the Multilingual Classroom - The Case of French as a Foreign Language.