CONTRASTIVE ANALYSIS THEORY

CONTRASTIVE ANALYSIS THEORY

1. Pioneered in the late 1950s

   • C

2. CA was developed to examine the differences between two languages in an effort to identify problem areas for language learners.

3. It was created by Robert Lado

4. Strategies

   • Positive Transfer
     • If the languages shared the same structural elements, order, and meaning, then positive transfer would occur and assist in learning
   • Negative Transfer
     • The negative transfer happens when the forms of the target language and those of the learner's mother tongue are different from each other whereas