On positive and negative transfer of Chinese as a mother tongue in English vocabulary learning 英语毕业论文

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1、OnpositiveandnegativetransferofChineseasamothertongueinEnglishvocabularylearningIntroductionToasecondlanguagelearner,thephenomenonoftransferfrommothertonguetothesecondlanguageiscommonandinevitable.Atthesametime,theeffectoftransferonlanguagelearningisofhighimportan

2、ce.Sincelanguagesareinfluencedbyeachothertosomeextent,ChineseasamothertonguealsohaseffectonEnglishlearning.ThiskindofinfluenceiscalledtransferofChinese,includingthepositivetransferandthenegativetransferofChinese.TheformeronemeansthatthepositiveinfluencethatChinese

3、asamothertonguemakesonEnglishlearning,whilethelatteristheopposite.ManyaspectsandexamplescanbeseenornoticedtoillustratethetransferofChinese.ThispaperfocusesonpositiveandnegativetransferofChineseasamothertongueinEnglishvocabularylearningandexploresthefeaturesofsucht

4、ransferbyanalyzingsometypicalexamplesfoundindailylifeandEnglishlearningprogress.ThecontrastiveanalysisaimsatmakingtheconceptoftransferofChinesemucheasiertobeunderstoodtoEnglishlearners.ThusthelearnerscanpaymoreattentiontothetransferofChineseasamothertongueandmaket

5、hepositivetransferofChineseasamothertonguemoreusefulinEnglishvocabularylearning.ⅠDefinitionsItisknownthatlanguageisthecarrierofculture,anddifferentpeopleornationshavedifferentcultures.Withdifferentcultures,itisunavoidablethattherearedifferencesamongpeople’spsychol

6、ogicalactivities.Thustheyhavesomeeffectsonthewaypeoplethinkandtheconstructionoftheirlanguage.Therefore,insecondlanguageacquisition,thelearner’snativelanguagewillinevitablygetinvolvedin.Languagetransfer,asRodEllispointsout,meanstheinfluencethatthelearners’firstlang

7、uageexertsovertheacquisitionofsecondlanguage.[1]P41Consequently,ChineselearnersoftenturntotheirmothertongueChineseforhelpduringtheirstudyofEnglish.Inthisway,themothertongueChinese’seffectonthesecondlanguageEnglishiscalledtransferofChinese.Transferistheinfluenceres

8、ultingfromsimilaritiesanddifferencesbetweenthetargetlanguageandanyotherlanguagethathasbeenpreviously(andperhapsin-perfectly)acquainted.[2]P1321.1Positiv