The Negative Transfer of Mother Tongue in Vocabulary of Non-English Majors in Vocational Colleges

The transfer of mother tongue has always been influencing students in second language acquisition.This paper attempts to analyze the negative transfer in vocabulary of non-English majors in vocational colleges and briefly proposes some strategies to reduce the negative transfer of mother tongue.

A Brief Introduction to the Impact of the Negative Transfer of Mother Tongue on International Business Letter Writing and Countermeasures

Due to the impact of the negative transfer of mother tongue,students often think in their mother tongue when they write international business letters.Consequently,they may have difficulties communicating with the intended customers.In a bid to improve students'skills in international business letter writing,this article analyzes the impact of the negative transfer from three aspects:the word order in English,the position of modifiers and the use of conjunctions.

A Study on Negative Transfer of Mother Tongue in English Majors' Writings

Based on the Error Analysis theory and Contrastive Analysis theory,this thesis aims to investigate the phenomenon of negative transfer of mother tongue at the levels of substance,lexis and syntax by taking advantage of quantitative analysis method,and an attempt is made to analyze and classify writing errors in L2 writings by English majors.Anyhow,it is hoped that current research can achieve the purpose of avoiding the negative transfer of mother tongue and to improve English majors’writing capability accordingly.

The Influence of Negative Language Transfer

With the advance of the research of language learning, the field of SLA has expanded more expansively and native language transfer has become a popular issue in academia field. It exists in all language learning process, with different forms,which is mainly observed in three aspects including pronunciation, vocabulary and syntax. Furthermore, negative transfer is a major barrier influencing learners' second language improvement. This paper dwells on negative transfer. The comparison on language system and cultural background between native and target language should be attached great importance and analyzed.It is conducive to reduce the effect of native language and speed up the rapid learners' learning step.

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.

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.

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.

A Brief Analysis of Negative Transfer of Chinese on the English Writings

Based on the researches of language transfer,contrastive analysis and error analysis,this paper tries to investigate the negative transfer of Chinese on Chinese students'English writings from the perspective of syntax.During one and a half months'teaching practice in Shannxi Hanzhong No.1 Middle School,the author lived through the real teaching process and found that there were lots of problems in students'English writings.The author makes a contrastive study of the different characteristics existing in Chinese and English languag es at the level of syntax,and analyses the typical syntactic errors appearing in the 60 students'English compositions collected from one or dinary class.These syntactic errors are caused by the negative transfer of Chinese.The purpose of the investigation is to study in what pat tern students have been influenced by Chinese in their English writings.Based on the findings and analysis of the mother tongue transfer on English writings,some implications are also provided in order to help minimize or eliminate the interference of negative transfer of the Chinese in students'English writings and improve the teaching and learning of English.

A Study on the Negative Phonetic Transfer of English Learners in Henan Province

Due to the influence of dialect,many English learners in China tend to speak English in the way they usually speak during second language acquisition,which results in negative transfer on English pronunciation.In order to reduce this phenomenon and improve the students’English pronunciation level,it is necessary for us to study the topic and put forward solutions.By using the contrastive analysis,this paper compares the pronunciation of English,Chinese and Henan dialect so as to find out the influence of Henan dialect on English learners at segmental level and suprasegmental level.The results show strong correlation between the pronunciation of English and Henan dialect for English learners.Therefore,this paper analyzes the mistakes and reasons that learners of Henan province are prone to make in the process of learning,and puts forward corresponding suggestions for teaching on students’negative transfer,so as to enhance the awareness of negative transfer for teachers and students.

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.

Negative Transfer in Second Language Acquisition

Negative transfer is the basic term we need to master in second language acquisition.This paper tries to analyze negative transfer of Chinese from the aspects of lexis,syntax and pragmatics.Besides,it provides suggestions on how to minimize negative transfer in second language teaching.

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.

On L1 Negative Transfer in Second Language Acquisition Based on Chinese Students’Writing Composition

There is negative transfer of first language(L1)in second language acquisition,which generally introduces language errors,hindering learners’second language acquisition.Taking EFL learners’English composition as an example,this thesis analyzes the language errors caused by the negative transfer of L1.This thesis is conducted as the following four stages:The first part is an analysis of the relationship between language and thinking patterns,drawing forth the concept of language transfer;the second part is the literature review on second language acquisition and language transfer;the third part is the statistical analysis of the collected 110 samples;and the fourth part is the practical and innovative suggestion.This thesis aims to assist English acquirers in understanding the negative transfer of L1 and provide effective and practical measures in the future English teaching.

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.

The Role of L1 in L2 Vocabulary Teaching and Learning for Chinese Learners of English

This paper examines the function of mother tongue in second or foreign language teaching and learning, focusing on the case of Chinese learners of English. The use of L1 in L2 vocabulary teaching is studied by summarizing relevant theories and by analyzing an example of how Chinese teachers introduce new words to students. The influence of L1 in L2 vocabulary learning is explored through studying three major negative transfers of Chinese learners of English with abundant common and typical examples.Seven implications for L2 teachers are listed as the result of my study.

Chinese Students'Negative L1 Transfer in English Writing

Numerous researchers have studied the influence of L1 on the L2 composing process and consistently revealed that L2 writers may revert to their L1 when composing in L2(Cumming, 1989; Ellis, 2006;).The employment of L1 in L2 writing generally results in either facilitation(positive transfer) or impediment(negative transfer). The aim of this study is to investigate the specific errors and problems resulting from L1 interference within Chinese L2 writing and find possible solutions to minimize the negative effects of L1. In this respect, the focus of this paper is mainly on negative L1 transfer. Previous researches in this field have concentrated on how Chinese interfered L2 composing across different L2 proficiency levels or among different writing tasks. However, few studies have been carried out to analyze the details of how Chinese interfered with the students' English writing. This paper will conduct detailed analysis on the major negative transfer of L1 in terms of linguistic competence(from lexical, grammatical and syntactical level) and composing strategies(indirectness and organization style). The study will address and attempt to provide pedagogical suggestions for English writing instructors who particularly deal with Chinese L2 writers. The findings of the study has general applicability and will provide guidance for the teaching of L2 writing in other EFL/ESL settings.

中国儿童早期英语否定转移习得:基于使用的语言习得理论下的个案研究

英语否定转移是中国儿童英语习得的难点之一,目前学界研究成果数量较少,方法单一,尤其缺乏纵向个案研究,习得效果不理想。对一名随父母在澳大利亚生活并在当地就读小学的中国儿童A进行时长13个月的纵向追踪,建立语料库分6个阶段进行研究。结果显示,中国儿童的英语否定转移习得以高频典型范例为基础逐渐扩张,儿童二语习得遵循基于高频典型范例的习得机制。中国儿童在早期英语否定转移中出现习得错误,源于一种“固化、杂糅、连带固化机制”,在语言习得过程中,频率会带来固化效应从而有利于语言的习得,但高频率的构式也有可能与相关构式产生杂糅并引起习得错误,习得错误通过连带固化效应进一步在竞争中占据优势,最终产生顽固错误。中国儿童二语习得,一是要利用高频典型范例的锚定作用促进儿童语言习得,二是要警惕高频典型范例与相关构式的杂糅而产生的习得错误,三是要对习得错误及时干预从而避免连带固化现象。

A Study on Primary School English Learners' Consonant Epenthesis Errors

The study, with the reference book of PEP primary school, mainly focuses on the consonant epenthesis errors, analyzing the reasons behind the errors. Hereby it hopes to present some teaching solutions so as to help students to reduce the influence of negative transfer of mother tongue.

An Analysis of Errors Made by English Speakers in Pronouncing Neutral Tone in Mandarin

对于母语为英语的外国人来说,汉语四个声调是学习中的难点。而作为汉语声调一大特点的轻声更需要予以重视。由于英语母语的负迁移,许多人将英语语调与汉语声调混淆,以致发音错误。该文基于对轻声做出发声实验和听辨实验的结论,分析了母语为英语的外国人轻声输出时的发生错误表现,并试图阐明原因。