English Explanatory Dictionary

negative transfer

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The unsuccessful use by a language learner of a construct from the learner's source language in the target language, such that the resulting utterance in the target language is incorrect.

Word forms

negative transfer negative transfers

Related words

positive transfer
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