Abstract
Language transfer always becomes an interesting topic to discuss in SLA. From the two types of language transfer take place in the process of language learning, this research aims to investigate the positive transfer occurs in junior high school students’ writing skill. The two languages to be involved in this research, Indonesian as L1 and English as L2. The analysis of the positive transfer within writing skill in this research is carried out under the theory of ‘Linguistic Interdependence Hypothesis’ proposed by Cummins. Correlational research design is employed to analyze the correlation between the students’ L1 (Indonesian) writing ability and L2 (English) writing ability. The analysis result shows that the positive transfer in students’ writing does not exist. This happens due to the lack of exposure that the students have in practicing L2 (English) writing.
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Masyitha, Beby Maharani; Widiati, Utami; and Laksmi, Ekaning Dewanti
(2020)
"Linguistic Interdependence Hypothesis: Does the Positive Transfer in Writing Skill Occur in Lower Level Students?,"
Jurnal Pendidikan: Teori, Penelitian, dan Pengembangan: Vol. 5:
No.
11, Article 11.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17977/jptpp.v5i11.14173
Available at:
https://citeus.um.ac.id/jptpp/vol5/iss11/11