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1、InfluenceofMotherTongueinSLASincewebeganlearningthesecondlanguage,mothertongueplaysanimportantroleintheacquisitionofit.Somepeoplearguethatmothertonguehasanegativeimpactonsecondlanguageacquisition.Whilesomepeoplebelievethatmothertongueinfluencethesecondlanguageac
2、quisitionpositively.Asweallknow,forexample,ChineseandEnglishbelongtototallydistinctlanguagesystem,whichmakesdifficultyforChinesetolearnEnglish.WehavebeenkeepingsomerigidChineserulesinourmindsincewearebabieswhobeganlearningournativelanguage.Asaresultof,theregulat
3、ionsofthemothertonguealwayshasnegativeimpactonSLA.Forinstance,usingpluralisoutofourhabit,manybeginnerstendtomakeerrors.Manyprimelearnersalsodonotknowhowtouseappropriatetensewhereitisnecessary.Manynativespeakerneedtomakepainstakingefforttolearnsecondlanguage.Them
4、othertonguehasinfluencedtheSLAinmanyaspects.Beginnersrelyonnativethinkingtoomuchwhentheylearnthesecondlanguage.Inanotherwords,themothertonguelimitsthelearningmodelwhennativespeakerstrytoacquiresecondlanguage.Forexample,mothertonguewouldinfluencethepronunciations
5、,whichisacommonphenomenoninSLA.ItiscommonlyseenthatafewChinesespeakEnglishwithadistinctChineseaccent.Inthechinglish,wewouldratheruseruncarthansportscar.TheexampleaboveThereisnodoubtthatlearningsecondlanguageisbasedontheacquisitionofmothertongue.Thespeechsounds,s
6、yntaxandstructurecaninfluencetheSLAinevitably,whichisahugedifficultyformostofthesecondlanguagelearner.Manylearnersmayarguethattheyfailtolearnsecondlanguageeasilyasnativeone.Fromthephonetics’perspective,theEnglishisintonationlanguagewhichisusedtodistinguishdiffer
7、entmeanings.Whereas,ChineseistonelanguageWhat’smore,mothertonguealsohasnegativeimpactonwritingcompositions.Forexample,syntaxisoneofthemostconspicuous.differencesinbothEnglishandChinese.AnotherdifferencecomestothePASSIVEVOICE.ManyChineselearnersarenotusedtousingp
8、assivevoicewhentheybeginlearningwriting.InfluencedbyChinese,manyChinesestudentsmayleaveout“be”carelesslyinpassivevoicesentences.Differentnationshavedifferentcultures.
