论母语迁移对中国学生英语学习的影响(1)(3)
2017-08-06 05:26
导读：In a word, it is the commonness of language that leads to transfer. 3. The Manifestation of language transfer 3.1The transfer of language knowledge 3.1.1 The transfer between English letter and Chines
In a word, it is the commonness of language that leads to transfer.
3. The Manifestation of language transfer
3.1The transfer of language knowledge
3.1.1 The transfer between English letter and Chinese Pinyin
Most of foreign language learners like to learn foreign language with the help of mother tongue. In Chinese, people like to learn English letter with the help of Chinese “Pinyin” because there are some similarities between them. Firstly, they are similar in writing form. It would make beginners confused easily. For example, the English letter ‘u’ is the same as the Chinese Pinyin ‘u’ in the writing form. But they are different when they become the capital letter. If we write the capital letter of ‘u’ as ‘U’, we are making a mistake. Therefore, when Chinese students learn the English letter firstly, they may make some mistake in the writing form. It is the negative transfer that Chinese has made on English.
Anther negative transfer that Chinese Pinyin has caused is in the pronunciation of the English letter. Because of the similarity in the writing form, as well as a little similarity in pronunciation, beginners may confuse in some letters’ pronunciation. Here are some examples:
“i” in English is read as [ai], while in Chinese it is read as [yi:].
“b” in English is read as [bi:], while in Chinese it is read as [bo].
“a” in English is read as [ei], while in Chinese it is read as [a].
Most of Chinese students will meet such transfer when they begin learning English letter. It’s because that they grasped Pinyin prior to English letter. Therefore it is impossible to avoid the negative transfer that Pinyin cause in English letter.
But besides the negative transfer, Pinyin also plays a positive role in learning English letter. Having the same reason mentioned above, the similarities increase the learning speed of Chinese people when they learn English letter.
3.1.2 The phonetic transfer
For English learners (esp. beginners), the most difficult part in the pronunciation is [θ] and [
