TEACHING ENGLISH AS THE SECOND FOREIGN LANGUAGE

• Людмила Ясногурська

  РДГУ

• Наталія Мороз

  Rivne State University of Humanities

The article deals with the investigation of some questions concerning the process of teaching English as the second foreign language based on the first language – the German language. The process under study is rather complicated. It requires taking into consideration the linguistic experience of students. In addition, this process should be based on the results of the comparative-contrastive analysis of the contacting languag­es: English, German and Ukrainian (the Mother Tongue of the students). This phenomenon may be called an educational forming multilinguism of which interference and transference are characteristic features. In order to overcome the latter and to improve the educational process, comparative study of language phenomena is necessary. Having found out similar and dissimilar features in both languages the teacher will be able to optimize the learning process of the second language. The process of learning two or more languages is complex and time consuming as learning a first foreign language is always based on the transfer of certain language and speech skills and abilities from the native language. This phenomenon in some cases has a positive effect (the phenomenon of transference), but in most cases brings negative results (the phenomenon of interference) as it interferes with the correct perception of language material. As for the second foreign language, it is doubly influenced by the skills and abilities acquired by students while learning the first foreign language as well as the linguistic experience gained by students on the basis of their native language. The similarities and differences of phonetic, lexical and grammatical systems of parallel languages not only help students better understand and master the linguistic phenomena and processes being studied but also contribute to the development of linguistic guesswork, broadening horizons and motivation. Comparative study of two foreign languages is also useful for a deeper understanding of linguistic phenomena and processes that occur in the Ukrainian language. Mastering several foreign languages is not an isolated process but an interconnected and interdependent simultaneous study of languages based on the results of comparative analysis of languages and the linguistic experience of students.

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