Second language learners make errors in both comprehension and production in their Inter-language, and learners＇ errors have all along been one of the main focuses on language pedagogy. Based on the theoretical study...Second language learners make errors in both comprehension and production in their Inter-language, and learners＇ errors have all along been one of the main focuses on language pedagogy. Based on the theoretical study of Inter-language, transfer, Contrastive Analysis and Error Analysis as well as the correlations among them, this paper concentrates on some production errors caused by negative transfer. Some typical inter-lingual errors made by Chinese-speaking English learners are categorized and analyzed from the syntactic perspective and lexical perspective. Hopefully by such an analysis of language transfer, the characteristics of Chinese-speaking English learners＇ Inter-language will be revealed, and it might be helpful for English teaching and enhancing learners＇ English proficiency.展开更多
文摘Second language learners make errors in both comprehension and production in their Inter-language, and learners＇ errors have all along been one of the main focuses on language pedagogy. Based on the theoretical study of Inter-language, transfer, Contrastive Analysis and Error Analysis as well as the correlations among them, this paper concentrates on some production errors caused by negative transfer. Some typical inter-lingual errors made by Chinese-speaking English learners are categorized and analyzed from the syntactic perspective and lexical perspective. Hopefully by such an analysis of language transfer, the characteristics of Chinese-speaking English learners＇ Inter-language will be revealed, and it might be helpful for English teaching and enhancing learners＇ English proficiency.
