对外语课堂教学改革中母语的作用之思考

On the Positive Influence of the Native Language in the Foreign Language Teaching

母语在外语教学中的作用在外语界一直是一个颇有争议的问题,也是外语教师在实际的课堂教学中时刻面临的问题。但一直以来,研究重点一直放在母语的负迁移上,而对母语的正面影响关注不多。母语作为学习者的第一语言,应充分利用使其起拐杖的作用,充当帮助者的角色。

It has been a quite disputed question as to the function of the native language in the foreign language teaching and also a difficult choice for the foreign language teachers to make in their real classroom communication. But it seems that much attention has been paid to the negative influence of the native language. The study emphasis has been on the negative transfer of the native language, while little attention is paid to its positive effects. And this article tries to discuss the positive effect of the native language in the foreign language teaching on the basis of the theories of foreign language teaching and also explain how to practice in the foreign language classrooms. In a word,in the foreign language learning, as the learners＇ first language, their native language should act as a crutch, or an aid.