On the Factors Influencing Language Transfer in SLA Based on Cognitive Science

With the development of cognitive science after the behaviorism theory and universal grammar, the researchers pay attention to language transfer again. In cognitive science, the researchers hold that what influences language transfer is no longer a single factor, but the multifactor. This paper mainly analyzes the factors affecting language transfer in SLA based on language, learners and context. The paper comes to the conclusion: Language transfer really exists in language acquisition as one of the most crucial topics, language transfer works together with other factors to influence the process of language acquisition, the various restricting factors influence each other to contribute to language transfer.