The native language has a significant influence on acquiring a second language, both facilitating and interfering. Learners often assume the second language operates like the first, leading to errors, but the first language also aids the process in less observable ways. Errors caused by native language interference may be addressed by helping learners understand how their first language causes issues and supporting them to think in the second language instead of relying on translation.

2. Is an extremely significant factor in the
acquisition of a new language.
But we think of the native language as
exercising and a interfering effect on the
second language.

3. The error that is committed by learners is
because the learners assume that the L2
operates like the L1.

4. The facilitating effects of the L1 are such as
powerful in the process, even though they
are lees observable

5.  Errors of native language effect
interference may be repaired by
acquainting the learner with the native
language cause the error.

6.  Help the learner to understand that not
everything about their native language
system will cause error.
 Try to support the student into thinking in
the second language instead of
resorting to translation as they
comprehend and produce language.