AN EXPERIMENTAL-STUDY OF PHONOLOGICAL INTERFERENCE IN THE ENGLISH OF SLOVAKS

In this study we will discuss phonological errors and their causes on the basis of the language performance of Slovak students learning Engl ish as a foreign language. The errors are shown to be of different qua lity and distribution in the three language skills - perception, produ ction and perception/production, which has implications for second lan guage teaching methods. CA of Slovak and English phonemes is used in E A and a standpoint is taken on the two phenomena as well as on IL. Int erferential and non-interferential errors are characterized.