The Use of Contrastive Studies in Linguistics

This study considers the needs of the graduate students, especially the linguistics’ ones, in finding an adequate topic to produce a research paper to complete their degrees. The paper suggests students to pay more attention to the SLA’s (Second Language Acquisition) process, as a field within the...

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Main Author: Merton L. Bland
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universiti Malaya 2017-06-01
Series:Journal of Modern Languages
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Online Access:https://sare.um.edu.my/index.php/JML/article/view/3553
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description This study considers the needs of the graduate students, especially the linguistics’ ones, in finding an adequate topic to produce a research paper to complete their degrees. The paper suggests students to pay more attention to the SLA’s (Second Language Acquisition) process, as a field within the field of linguistics, by considering the Contrastive Analysis Hypothesis (CAH). It also mentions that considering the CAH helps to find the differences between the native language (Ll) and the target language (L2), which is responsible for the difficulties faced in SLA.
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spelling doaj-art-1de1ab1a69b6437ab1246d03dda0a9322024-11-21T04:47:52ZengUniversiti MalayaJournal of Modern Languages1675-526X2462-19862017-06-01101The Use of Contrastive Studies in LinguisticsMerton L. Bland0University of Malaya, Malaysia This study considers the needs of the graduate students, especially the linguistics’ ones, in finding an adequate topic to produce a research paper to complete their degrees. The paper suggests students to pay more attention to the SLA’s (Second Language Acquisition) process, as a field within the field of linguistics, by considering the Contrastive Analysis Hypothesis (CAH). It also mentions that considering the CAH helps to find the differences between the native language (Ll) and the target language (L2), which is responsible for the difficulties faced in SLA. https://sare.um.edu.my/index.php/JML/article/view/3553Second Language Acquisition; SLA; Contrastive Analysis Hypothesis; CAH
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The Use of Contrastive Studies in Linguistics
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title The Use of Contrastive Studies in Linguistics
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