College English plays a vital role in English teaching in China. However, any teaching is inseparable from the assistance of teaching material. Among the various English teaching materials currently, what are most oft...College English plays a vital role in English teaching in China. However, any teaching is inseparable from the assistance of teaching material. Among the various English teaching materials currently, what are most often used are Experiencing English and New Horizon College English. These two English teaching materials are both adapted according to new teaching syllabus and the practical teaching needs. Both teaching materials have their own advantages and disadvantages.展开更多
Guided by the theory of language transfer,this paper examines the transfer of English(second language)in the early stages of the acquisition of German(third language)by Chinese English majors.The results reveal that E...Guided by the theory of language transfer,this paper examines the transfer of English(second language)in the early stages of the acquisition of German(third language)by Chinese English majors.The results reveal that English has both positive and negative effects on German acquisition,especially on German pronunciation,vocabulary and sentence learning.On the basis of these findings,some suggestions are also put forward in order to improve the efficiency of third language(German)teaching,namely,English-as-a-vehicular-language teaching,contrastive teaching and corpus-based teaching.展开更多
文摘College English plays a vital role in English teaching in China. However, any teaching is inseparable from the assistance of teaching material. Among the various English teaching materials currently, what are most often used are Experiencing English and New Horizon College English. These two English teaching materials are both adapted according to new teaching syllabus and the practical teaching needs. Both teaching materials have their own advantages and disadvantages.
文摘Guided by the theory of language transfer,this paper examines the transfer of English(second language)in the early stages of the acquisition of German(third language)by Chinese English majors.The results reveal that English has both positive and negative effects on German acquisition,especially on German pronunciation,vocabulary and sentence learning.On the basis of these findings,some suggestions are also put forward in order to improve the efficiency of third language(German)teaching,namely,English-as-a-vehicular-language teaching,contrastive teaching and corpus-based teaching.