Contrastive Analysis Hipothesis

Contrastive Analysis Hipothesis

1. It was made in the 60's when the structural linguistics and behavioral psychology were dominant.

2. It was based on the conviction that all mistakes produced by students could be predicted identifying the differences between the second language and the first language of the learner

   • That's because it assumes that these mistakes were the result of interference of the first language in learning the new language.

3. Takes as reference

   • Linguistics
     • Structuralism
       • Emphasized in formal descriptions of the languages concerned and prediction of possible errors.
   • Psycholinguistics
     • Behaviorism
       • Theory about association learning by stimulus, response, reinforcement and habit.

4. Emphasized in formal descriptions of the languages concerned and prediction of possible errors.

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