Impact of Linguistics on Teaching a Second Language: Theoretical Questions and Practical Examples of the Learning Errors Theory

Abstract

Teaching language to non-speakers is a significant branch of applied linguistics, abound with overlapping linguistic, cognitive, psychological and social aspects. Specialists in linguistics, psychology and sociology often focus on this field, given its relevance to their expertise, allowing them to propose suggestions to improve the level of language learning for non-native speakers and explore the obstacles that hinder the learning of a foreign language. Studies in this field show that issues and errors arising from this type of learning are the result of the clash of two very different languages in terms of lexicon, syntax, semantics and context. Thus, learners resort to their native languages to borrow new phrases to fill in the gaps they encounter in various situations.