Spanish Influence on Written English

Rizzo, Betty; Villafane, Santiago

doi:10.37514/jbw-j.1975.1.1.07

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“…The investigation done by Rizzo, B. & Villafane, S. (1975), in which the area of the school was considered, shows a correlation in the error in L1 with the L2 language learning.…”

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The Influence of the L1 (Spanish) on the L2 (English) Language Learning in a Rural School

Ortiz¹,

Jairo²

2023

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In order to analyze how the L1 (Spanish) affects the L2 (English) language learning in ninth graders of "Aurelia Becerra de Quiñonez" rural school in Rioverde, Esmeraldas Province, Ecuador, a qualitative-quantitative investigation of a descriptive type was carried out using the analytic-synthetic and hermeneutic methods with the techniques of interview, observation and a test, which were applied to a sample of eight students, three Spanish teachers, and three English teachers from the referred school. The results revealed that all of the students had serious structural, lexical and pronunciation problems in English. In relation to the writing ability, they presented insufficiencies because most of them were not able to write the paragraph requested, they even failed in Spanish, which revealed their lack of knowledge in both languages. In addition, some of the words that they wrote in Spanish were misspelled. One of the main factors for those problems was the lack of vocabulary, because they confused words that were similar in both languages, another problem was the structural borrowing from one language to another, showing lack of knowledge of the different classes of words, which was also present in Spanish. The subject-verb relationship was another problem, as they were not able to recognize when a subject was singular or plural and the correct use of positive and negative verbs. The investigation really showed the influence of the L1 (Spanish) on the L2 (English) language learning mainly because of linguistic interference that made students make frequent mistakes.

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“…The investigation done by Rizzo, B. & Villafane, S. (1975), in which the area of the school was considered, shows a correlation in the error in L1 with the L2 language learning.…”

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“…An investigation carried out by Rizzo, B. & Villafane, S. (1975) showed the influence of the Spanish language in written English.…”

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The Influence of the L1 (Spanish) on the L2 (English) Language Learning in a Rural School

Ortiz¹,

Jairo²

2023

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Using the known to chart the unknown: A review of first-language influence on the development of English-as-a-second-language spelling skill

Figueredo

2006

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Currently, there is a practical demand and necessity for research on how English-as-a-second language (ESL) learners acquire literacy skills, such as spelling. One important issue of this research agenda is how ESL learners apply first-language knowledge to learning to spell in English. Twenty-seven studies were reviewed that investigated the influence of the first language on ESL learners' development of English spelling skill. Evidence was found for both positive and negative transfer of first-language knowledge and processes to ESL learners' English spelling. These results are in agreement with theoretical propositions about the interdependence between first-and second-language academic skills [e.g., Cummins, J. (]. The findings are discussed in relation to the ESL learner's first-language proficiency level and distance between first language and English. Comparisons are drawn between ESL learners' and English monolinguals' spelling development and suggestions for future research are provided.

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Language Influences in the English Writing of Third- and Sixth-Grade Mexican-American Students

Cronnell

1985

The Journal of Educational Research

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Spanish Influence on Written English

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The Influence of the L1 (Spanish) on the L2 (English) Language Learning in a Rural School

The Influence of the L1 (Spanish) on the L2 (English) Language Learning in a Rural School

Using the known to chart the unknown: A review of first-language influence on the development of English-as-a-second-language spelling skill

Language Influences in the English Writing of Third- and Sixth-Grade Mexican-American Students

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