Bareq Raad Raheem

Language Transfer in EFL Academic Writing: A Critical Review of Linguistic, Rhetorical, and Pedagogical Aspects

The present study examines the impact of language transfer (LT) on academic writing in English as a Foreign Language (EFL), with specific reference to linguistic, rhetorical, and pedagogical dimensions. Although a first-language interference perspective has long prevailed, recent studies of transfer in foreign-language...