ROLE OF MORPHEMES IN TAMIL FOR BETTER COMPREHENSION OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR

It is almost an impossible task to learn any foreign language without the influences of the first language. If one exposes oneself to the situations where some habitual strictness is maintained and importance is given to the four skills of the foreign language, it is possible for him or her to avert the influences significantly. However, when the first language occupies the remaining hours of the day, the second language learning process is quite a challenging task. Some grammarians consider the influences of the first language as obstacles in the learning processes of the second language. This perception may be denied on the grounds that the first language could not be an impediment for any second language learner. In fact, it facilitates the learner to analyze the second language effectively unless the learner tries to learn the new language through the first one. Comparing the rules of the first language with that of the second language is a good practice but applying the rules of the former with that of the latter creates lapses in the learning process of the second language. Indeed, it is this wrong approach which is an obstacle in the acquisition of any second language. This paper highlights the changes made out of those preoccupations, especially in the case of Tamil students who aspire to learn English