RT bachelor thesis
T1 Negative Language Transfer in Spanish Learners of English as  L2: A Corpus-Based Study of Prepositional Errors
A1 Vaca Grimaldi, Andrea
A2 Filología Francesa e Inglesa
K1 mother tongue
K1 Second Language Acquisition (SLA)
K1 Cambridge Learner Corpus (CLC)
K1 negative transfer
K1 target language
K1 prepositions
K1 qualitative analysis
K1 teaching unit
K1 transferencias negativas
K1 lengua meta
K1 preposiciones
K1 análisis cuantitativo
K1 unidad didáctica
K1 lengua materna
K1 Adquisición de una Segunda Lengua (ASL)
K1 Cambridge Learner Corpus (CLC)
AB To what extent can the grammatical structures of a learner’s mother tongue negatively influence second language acquisition? This study, based on the Cambridge Learner Corpus, aims to test the hypothesis that negative transfer from Spanish exists and affects the correct use of English as a target language among Spanish-speaking students. To this end, the study focuses on one of the grammatical categories that poses the greatest challenge for this group: prepositions. Furthermore, a qualitative analysis is conducted, taking into account sociolinguistic variables such as the learners’ proficiency levels according to the CEFR, in order to identify possible patterns in the recurrence of errors. Based on the findings, a teaching unit is proposed with the aim of improving the instruction of English prepositions and addressing common errors caused by language interference.
YR 2025
FD 2025
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/37257
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/37257
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 10-may-2026