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1、TheInfluenceofTheNegativeTransferofChineseonEnglishVocabularyStudyI.IntroductionSecondLanguageAcquisition(SLA)isaverycomplexprocess.Thefactorswhichinfluencetherateandlevelofachievementofthesecondlanguagearevarious,suchasage,motivation,personalities,languageaptitude,cognitiveproc
2、ess,etc.However,themothertongueplaysaveryimportantpartinit,foritalwaysfunctionsintheprocessofSecondLanguageAcquisition,especiallyinnon-naturalisticlearningsurroundings.IntheelementarystageofSecondLanguageAcquisition,languagelearnerssimplyusetheknowledgeofthemothertongueforrefere
3、nce.AsRodEllis(Ellis,1999:37-38)hassuggested,makinguseofthemothertongueembodiesacommonpsychologicalprocess,thatis,learnershavetodependonwhattheyhavelearntintheirmothertonguetohelpthemunderstandtheknowledgeofanewlanguage.Thetransferofthemothertonguereferstotheinfluencethatthelear
4、ner’smothertongueexertsovertheacquisitionofthesecondlanguage.Thetransfertheorybelievesthat,ifthehabitsofthemothertonguearesupposedtohelptoformanddevelopthehabitsofthetargetlanguage(thesecondlanguage),ormoreconcretelytosay,ifthemothertonguepossessescertainsimilarortotallyidentica
5、lcharacteristicsasthetargetlanguage,themothertonguewillfacilitatethelearningofthetargetlanguage.Thiseffectisknownaspositivetransfer.Ontheotherhand,ifthehabitsofthemothertonguearesupposedtopreventthelearnerfromlearningthehabitsofthetargetlanguage,thatis,thelearnerhastototallydepe
6、ndonthelanguagerulesofthemothertonguetolearnthetargetlanguage,theproblemsofthenegativetransferarises.12Inmostofthewesterncountries,languagelearnerslearntheirsecondlanguagesthathavethesameoriginastheirmothertongue.Similarculturalbackgroundandlanguagecharacteristicsmakethepositive
7、transferappearmoreoftenthanthenegativetransferinthelearningprocess.Nevertheless,theforeignlanguagethatChinesestudentsmainlylearnintheschoolisEnglish.ComparedwithChinese,itcomesfromadifferentlanguagefamily.Itsdifferentculturaltraditionandlanguagecharacteristics(includingpronuncia
8、tion,vocabularyandgrammaticalsystem)makeourChin
