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negative transfers

negative transfers is the plural of negative transfer.

Meaning of negative transfer

Noun

negative transfer (usually uncountable, plural negative transfers)

  1. (usually) The unsuccessful use by a language learner of a construct from the learner's source language in the target language, such that the resulting utterance in the target language is incorrect.

Questions about negative transfers

What is negative transfers the plural of?
Negative transfers is the plural of negative transfer.

Words near negative transfers in the dictionary

  1. negative space
  2. negative spaces
  3. negative split
  4. negative theology
  5. negative transfer
  6. negative transfers
  7. negative utilitarian
  8. negative utilitarianism
  9. negative utilitarianisms
  10. negative utilitarians
  11. negative verb

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