The Effects of Mother Tongue on Second Language Learning: the Impact of Afan Oromo on English Language Learning

The purpose of study was designed to examine the impacts of mother tongue(Afan Oromo) and other school related factors on student learning abilities in English language. A descriptive survey was employed. The major findings of the study include vowel length and consonant geminations of certain sounds in the written form of Afan Oromo confuse to a certain extent the English learner. Based on the findings recommendations are made to existing problems.