A Brief Analysis of the Positive and Negative Effectsof the Native Language Transfer in English Study

As the native language transfer inevitably exerts definite influences on English study,the paper is to give a more detailed analysis to the positive and negative effects in one's L2 learning.In English teaching,the full use of the positive effect of the native language transfer and the utmost elimination of the negative effect of the native language transfer would bring about a great advance in English quality improvement of the learners.The learners should be taught not to avoid negative influence.

On Positive Transfer of Native Language in the Foreign Language Teaching and Learning

Native language plays an important role in the field of foreign language teaching and learning. When it comes to the transfer of the native language, we always think about the negative interference of it, even if we know that language transfer can be divided into positive transfer and negative transfer. In fact, we should not neglect these common areas between Chinese and English, which lead to the positive transfer and strengthen the efficient process of language learning. Here, there have been listed four levels of common areas between Chinese and English to illustrate the positive transfer from Chinese to English.

Positive effects of native language in the foreign language learning and teaching

Native language has been rejected for a long time in the foreign language class, which results from a misunderstanding to native language transfer by most teachers. Actually, it is an effective learning strategy to complete the communication task under the help of native language, which should be acknowledged. Using native language to explain specific words or grammar rules can take advantage of the limited class-time efficiently and increase the class efficiency; using native language to discuss teaching method and solve the problems for the students can promote their enthusiasm. In these specific teaching processes, native language is an important teaching resource. Instances identify that native language has positive effects in the foreign language learning and teaching and it should have its own standpoint.

On Positive Transfer of Native Language in SLA

People have controversial ideas about the influence of our native language during the process of second language acquisition.The popular belief is that native language(NL) interferes the second language(L2) learning,which is known as negative transfer,while positive transfer is seldom mentioned,or even is neglected in the study of second language acquisition.We found that in teaching when the L2 learners experienced difficulties in understanding another language,they may resort to their NL to get help.So we can't only think about its negative aspect.In fact that NL plays a positive role in SLA,so we should make full use of the common features to lead to the positive transfer,then to strengthen the confidence of the second language learners.

On The Positive Transfer of Mother Tongue on Second Language Acquisition and its Inspiration to Teaching

The influence of mother tongue is inevitable in the process of second language acquisition. Traditional linguistics thinks that there is only negative effect of mother tongue on foreign language learning. However, second language acquisition theory holds the idea that mother tongue is not only an indispensable background and foundation, but also a resource that can be developed and used for second language learning. From the perspective of transfer of mother tongue, this article will mainly analy?size the positive transfer of mother tongue, and with an aim of how to improve the level of English language learners, some corre?sponding countermeasures are put forward.

A Discussion on the Role of First Language (Chinese) Positive Transfer in Second Language (English) Lexical Acquisition and Related Pedagogical Suggestions

Language transfer is one of the central questions in second language acquisition (SLA) study. It claims that learners' the native language (NL) or first language (L1) will make great impacts, either promoting or hindering, on their second language (L2) acquisition, i.e. positive transfer and negative transfer. The issue has been widely concerned and researched in such relative fields as language education and psychological study during the past years. It is far beyond the scope of this paper to discuss it thoroughly since the scope of L1 influence is so wide that it affects almost all linguistic subsystems. Instead, this paper aims to focus on how the Chinese language facilitates Chinese learners' English lexical acquisition. Some suggestions on how to make use of the positive aspects is provided at the end of the paper for practical purpose.

A Probe into the Positive Effect of Native Language on Second Language Acquisition

It is a common concern of foreign language teachers what are the effects of students'mother tongue in Second Language Acquisition(SLA).Great achievements have been made in this regard in Psycho-Linguistic and SLA studies.The emphasis of those studies,however,has been placed on the negative transfer,and not much attention paid to the positive effects of native language.This paper is to raise the issue of positive transfer and explore the positive effects of native language based on the results of Psycho-Linguistic studies and SLA.

Study of Negative Effects of the Native Language Transfer on Second Language Acquisition

Language transfer has long been one of significant parts of the studies on the second language acquisition(SLA). The native language transfer will inevitably generate definite influences on SLA, negative or positive; it is less important to study the positive effects of the native language transfer. This paper is aimed to give a brief analysis on negative effects of the native language transfer in SLA with those English learners whose mother tongue is Chinese as examples. Meanwhile, in English teaching and learning, realization of negative transfers of the native language and utmost avoidance of them can improve the English learners' learning quality.

Literature Review of Studies on Native Language Transfer in L2 Writing

Language transfer is a controversial topic in SLA, and how does L1 transferin L2 writing concerned by many scholars.This paper aims to sum up the scholars in china and aboard, some work has been done to study L1 interference in L2 writing.

Transfer of Native Language——A Minor Role in Second Language Acquisition

This essay deals with the long controversial issue of whether transfer of native language has a major or minor role in the second language acquisition.Based on a brief introduction of all the literature regarding the language transfer in SLA and investigated through a deeper look into the main theories on the role of native language,the essay points out that the role of transfer of NL is evidently far from being as definite or dominant as it is supposed to be.The essay asserts that language universals but not the NL facts were found to play the leading role in the transfer.It holds that Universal Grammars are functioning in determining where language transfer occurs,and thus comes to its conclusion that the role of transfer from NL is inferior to that of UG in SLA,which explains why among second language learners there has been a remarkable common experience that language learners in the early stages will produce in the target language linguistic forms which can be related neither to their mother tongue nor to the target language.

Positive Transfer of Mother Tongue in Grammar, Writing and Culture of English Teaching in China

Foreign language acquisition is strongly influenced by the learner’s first language and the negative transfer is widely discussed by experts and linguists home and abroad.However,the author here arrives at quite an opposite conclusion that mother tongue,if used appropriately,could have a positive transfer in second language acquision in terms of grammar,writing and culture from her years of teaching experience and experiment.

The Influence of First Language Transfer on Second Language Acquisition

Language transfer plays a great role in second language acquisition process.As for the Chinese English learners,it is im⁃portant for them to know the positive and negative transfer of Chinese to English.Understanding the concepts of transfer and lan⁃guage transfer and the differences and similarities of mother language and target language may promote the acquisition of second language.According to the analysis of positive transfer and negative transfer,some learning strategies and pedagogical implications were made for second language learners.

An Analysis of Language Transfer's Influence on English Pronunciation Learning

Based on an analysis of language transfer theory and literature research method,it analyzes the factors of the effect of mother tongue transfer(positive transfer and negative transfer) of English learners on English pronunciation learning and summarizes some negative transfers which impede Englishlearners' English pronunciation learningin sounds,syllables and inflections.And it puts forward positive transfers correspondently.It proposes some strategies which try to decrease negative transfers' obstacles for English learners and makes full use of positive transfers to help English learners improve their Englishpronunciationmore efficiently.

An Analysis of Negative Transfer of Mother Tongue to Oral English and the Countermeasures

In the Chinese language market,English occupies a great position.The general public has gradually realized the impor⁃tance of mastering another language.However,due to the lack of language environment for learning English,mother tongue can eas⁃ily affect English learning production,which has two sides.Through the comparison between English and Chinese pronunciation,the negative transfer of native language in the acquisition process of English learners is analyzed,especially in oral English.Ac⁃cording to the existing problems,teaching suggestions are put forward for teachers’phonetic teaching and students’phonetic learn⁃ing to help learners reduce the negative effects of their mother tongue in the process of English acquisition.

Interlanguage Phonological System of L1 Cantonese Learners of English

This paper aims to study the unique interlanguage phonological system of the L1 Cantonese learners of English in GuangdongProvince, including the roles of the differences between native language and target language, language transfer and other constraints dur-ing the interlanguage formation process. An experiment has been designed to test the pronunciation of targeted consonants of the voca-tional college students, who are English majors with Cantonese as native language but are also exposed to Mandarin for a long time. Re-sults show that the sounds that do not exist in native language are easily pronounced incorrectly. The phonological system the subjectsdevelop to substitute the targeted consonants is quite different from that of the L1 Cantonese learners from Hong Kong and is also variedfrom that of the L1 Mandarin learners from other province of China's Mainland. It confirms that the L1 Cantonese learners of English inGuangdong Province do have a unique phonological system in their interlanguage and that special attention should be paid by teachersduring the teaching of English pronunciation.

On the Acculturation in the L2 Learners'Interlanguage Formation

As the Interlanguage is a lingual continuum between the native language and the target language, it is strongly influenced by both of them during its formation. On the other hand, language is inseparable from culture. Without the proper knowledge and understanding of the target language culture, one can never rally master it. So, to reduce the negative language transfer, the L2 learners should strengthen the target language culture study throughout their whole lingual development.

从Interlanguage到WSE的逾越

交际中非标准语言,也就是中介语的运用,在各行各业的社会交际活动中随时可见。作为英语教育工作者面对如此多的夹杂着非标准的语言使用者就像工人们生产的不合格的产品一样的尴尬和心焦,因此对中介语的特点和原因开展细致的研究无疑会对外语教学带来重要的启示。

Our Mother Tongue and Its Culture in English Learning

This essay will try to discuss the role that our mother tongue and its culture play in English acquisition from the perspectives of language of psychology and intercultural communication.

A Discussion on Dealing With Chinese Transfer in English Teaching

Native language transfer is a common phenomenon in foreign language learning and is all the time influencing the learners＇ language. As to us English teachers in China, how to use or avoid the Chinese transfer in students＇ English learning is an issue we need to further explore. The paper, based on the theory of SLA （second language acquisition） and language transfer, discusses this phenomenon, analyzes the factors that cause the transfer, and puts forward some suggestions to deal with the influence of transfer in teaching English as a foreign language Contrastive analysis, with examples, is employed to find the similarities and difficulties in students＇ learning Some of the difficulties can be predicted and positive transfer indeed plays a positive role in language acquisition.

An Analysis of Aphasia Phenomenon of Chinese Culture Among Non-English Majors

Social development in the new era is closely inseparable from good talents,the stress of whose cultivation,in turn,can guarantee solid development of whole society.This paper investigates and analyzes aphasia phenomenon of Chinese culture among non-English majors to appeal for further inheritance and advancement by means of questionnaire survey plus vocabulary test,and proposes several ways in promoting high-end talent fostering.