Study of typical mother tongue interference in the process of second language acquisition

Abstract

Nowadays, the results of all studies lead to the clear conclusion that the economic development of states depends on the English language skills of their citizens. As a result of globalisation processes, the modern world is increasingly opening up to professional and scientific communication in various fields, making knowledge of a foreign language a necessary feature of many professions. Unfortunately, Ukraine ranks 28th out of Europe, Ukraine ranks 28th out of 32 in terms of knowledge of English language proficiency. And this shows that we are greatly losing our potential due to a great extent because our professionals do not know English. Only when the teacher has a clear idea of the types of errors, the ways to deal with them and the target audience, can he or she work as efficiently as possible. The aim of this work is to identify, analyse and classify Ukrainian students’ interference errors in English and to formulate recommendations for solving this problem, including ways to improve interlanguage communication. The article traces five types of interference errors: grapho-orthographic, phonetic, semantic, lexical, and grammatical. The authors emphasize that mastering a foreign language at the B2 level for graduation is impossible without the ability to compare the facts of the native and foreign languages. For this purpose, methods are used that promote student motivation. We believe that the teaching of English should be focused on the native language, which will help to avoid errors of interference. It is also emphasized that we see reasonable prospects for future scientific research in the development of various strategies and ways of preventing and correcting errors in foreign language learning that arise as a result of native language interference.