The Impact of The Language Transfer in Different Age Ranges

Abstract

Language transfers occur when people learn and use different languages. The present literature focuses on studying Second language Acquisition (SLA) or language transfer-related issues. In the modern world, there are many people who acquire and use bilingual or multilingual which has become a common social phenomenon. This research will focus on how language transfer affects different age ranges and different learning environment situations. After studying a large number of literatures on second language acquisition and positive or negative language transfer at different ages, it is found that age and language transfer do not necessarily correlate in a direct way. Language transfer is mostly related to the motivation for learning a second language, the level of learning in L2 and the learning environment. Age has little effect on language transfer. In the other words, age is only one of the factors of positive and negative language transfer rather than the main factor.