Adolescents who learn a second language often apply patterns of speech production used in their native tongue,and therefore,they speak the second language with an accent. This phenomenon is an example of:
A)General transfer.
B)Situated cognition.
C)Positive transfer.
D)Negative transfer.

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Negative transfer occurs when patterns from a person's native language interfere with the learning of a new language, leading to errors or accents.

Adolescents Who Learn a Second Language Often Apply Patterns of Speech