The paper firstly reviews the developments of language transfer research. Utilizing the results supplied by CEM and AntConc, the present writer conducts analyses of the lexicai errors committed by the students in TEM-...The paper firstly reviews the developments of language transfer research. Utilizing the results supplied by CEM and AntConc, the present writer conducts analyses of the lexicai errors committed by the students in TEM-8 test and reveals the contributions to SLA and EFL language teaching that language transfer may make.展开更多
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; ...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.展开更多
Language transfer has been a key issue in applied linguistics, second language acquisition, and language teaching for at least a century. Within the last few decades, however, its importance has been reassessed severa...Language transfer has been a key issue in applied linguistics, second language acquisition, and language teaching for at least a century. Within the last few decades, however, its importance has been reassessed several times. The paper focuses on the phenomena of language transfer in Chinese EFL writing, expecting to provide implications for Chinese English learners and teachers.展开更多
Guided by the theory of language transfer,this paper examines the transfer of English(second language)in the early stages of the acquisition of German(third language)by Chinese English majors.The results reveal that E...Guided by the theory of language transfer,this paper examines the transfer of English(second language)in the early stages of the acquisition of German(third language)by Chinese English majors.The results reveal that English has both positive and negative effects on German acquisition,especially on German pronunciation,vocabulary and sentence learning.On the basis of these findings,some suggestions are also put forward in order to improve the efficiency of third language(German)teaching,namely,English-as-a-vehicular-language teaching,contrastive teaching and corpus-based teaching.展开更多
Based on the theory of language transfer in second language acquisition, this study explored the dynamic acquisition of English double object construction by Chinese EFL learners through comparative analysis. Altogeth...Based on the theory of language transfer in second language acquisition, this study explored the dynamic acquisition of English double object construction by Chinese EFL learners through comparative analysis. Altogether 120 subjects participated in this experiment and were required to take the proofreading exercise in limited time. The experimental results showed that Chinese EFL learners at different levels of proficiency acquired the core subclass of double object construction better than peripheral ones;meanwhile, learners at higher levels of proficiency outperformed those at lower levels, especially in the peripheral types. Relevant theoretical interpretations were given thereafter to the above research findings, with the hope to shed some light on the learning of double object construction by Chinese EFL learners.展开更多
Idiom acquisition plays an important role in the process of second language learning and acquisition.Proper understanding of linguistic transfer in terms of English idiom acquisition is helpful for EFL learners to imp...Idiom acquisition plays an important role in the process of second language learning and acquisition.Proper understanding of linguistic transfer in terms of English idiom acquisition is helpful for EFL learners to improve the efficiency of learning English and also facilitates the process of English teaching.This study examines the Chinese learner’s language transfer features manifested in their understanding of English idioms which are classified into five different types according to their linguistic forms and conceptual bases.The results suggest that equivalent linguistic forms and equivalent conceptual bases of idioms are helpful to cause positive transfer while different conceptual bases of idioms may result in negative cross-linguistic transfer.This article may contribute to the development of language transfer theory and provide pedagogical implications of how English idioms should be learned by students and taught by English teachers.展开更多
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 ...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.展开更多
Transfer has been a controversial issue in the study of second language acquisition. This study concerns language transfer at the lexical level and focuses on the transfer phenomena existing in Chinese college student...Transfer has been a controversial issue in the study of second language acquisition. This study concerns language transfer at the lexical level and focuses on the transfer phenomena existing in Chinese college students’ acquisition of English light verb ＋ noun collocations. The paper introduces the light verb systems in Mandarin Chinese and English respectively, analyzes the different situations of light verb use in collocations between Chinese and English, and classifies these different situations into seven types. Then it uses three collocation tests as the experimental materials to examine the L1 influence on the students’ acquisition of English light verb ＋ noun collocations in relation to these seven types of situations. At last, the paper stresses the importance of transfer in SLA and presents some pedagogical implications for language teaching and learning and some suggestions for further study.展开更多
Negative language transfer is a common phenomenon in Chinese students' English writing. This paper mainly focuses on the negative language transfer in college English writing. Through analyzing the manifestations ...Negative language transfer is a common phenomenon in Chinese students' English writing. This paper mainly focuses on the negative language transfer in college English writing. Through analyzing the manifestations of negative language transfer at the morphemic, lexical, syntactical and discourse level, the paper makes a further study on the causes that lead to the negative language transfer, which are cultural differences and different modes of thinking. Based on all the analysis, the paper suggests some strategies of how to teach English writing more efficiently from three aspects: reinforce the input of language knowledge, reinforce the input of culture knowledge and teach writing as a process.展开更多
March 21-22,2009 Keynote Speakers Terence Odlin Ohio State University David Singleton The University of Dublin Scott Jarvis Ohio University Submissions which present research on any topic in the field of language tran...March 21-22,2009 Keynote Speakers Terence Odlin Ohio State University David Singleton The University of Dublin Scott Jarvis Ohio University Submissions which present research on any topic in the field of language transfer in second language acquisition will be fully considered, including: syntactic transfer; semantic transfer; conceptual transfer; phonological transfer; lexical transfer; pragmatic transfer; cultural transfer; constraints on transfer; other topics related to language transfer.Presentations will be 20 minutes long followed by a 10 minute question period.展开更多
Nowadays,the studies on the language transfer are more concerning the impact of Chinese language on English learning.Very few of them are on the phenomenon of negative transfer of Tibetan language to the Tibetan stude...Nowadays,the studies on the language transfer are more concerning the impact of Chinese language on English learning.Very few of them are on the phenomenon of negative transfer of Tibetan language to the Tibetan students’English learning under the trilingual(TIbetan,Chinese and English)environment.The author had a detailed analysis to the Tibetan students’writing composition on the basis of language tranfer theories such as markedness,interlanguage hyposthesis,and etc.And figure out the main grammatical errors in their compositions through the method of Error Analysis.Contrastive Analysis is also used to have comparison among the Tibetan,Chinsed and English,and individual interview as well,the reasons for the grammatical errors are figured out.The major findings of this research are as follows:The grammatical errors emerged in the Tibetan English major students’composition writing is in many fields,which includes omission,collocation,single and plural form of noun,subject-predicate concord,negative,possessive,relative clause and inverted sentence;Here is the reason for these grammatical errors:various thinking modes,in short of comparisons among the three languages and inadequate input.The methods can be applied to resolve are:language instructors should intsruct language learners propers through having comparison between the three languages and more importantly,strengthenging the students’comprehensible and adequate input the learner langauge.展开更多
The role that a learner＇s native language plays in his or her second language acquisition （SLA） has been the focus of many researchers in the past few decades. The article provides a brief review of the literature ...The role that a learner＇s native language plays in his or her second language acquisition （SLA） has been the focus of many researchers in the past few decades. The article provides a brief review of the literature on the importance and the factors of native language influence in SLA.展开更多
Native language transfer is a common phenomenon in foreign language learning and is all the time influencing the learners＇ language. As to us English teachers in China, how to use or avoid the Chinese transfer in stu...Native language transfer is a common phenomenon in foreign language learning and is all the time influencing the learners＇ language. As to us English teachers in China, how to use or avoid the Chinese transfer in students＇ English learning is an issue we need to further explore. The paper, based on the theory of SLA （second language acquisition） and language transfer, discusses this phenomenon, analyzes the factors that cause the transfer, and puts forward some suggestions to deal with the influence of transfer in teaching English as a foreign language Contrastive analysis, with examples, is employed to find the similarities and difficulties in students＇ learning Some of the difficulties can be predicted and positive transfer indeed plays a positive role in language acquisition.展开更多
This paper aims to study the unique interlanguage phonological system of the L1 Cantonese learners of English in GuangdongProvince, including the roles of the differences between native language and target language, l...This paper aims to study the unique interlanguage phonological system of the L1 Cantonese learners of English in GuangdongProvince, including the roles of the differences between native language and target language, language transfer and other constraints dur-ing the interlanguage formation process. An experiment has been designed to test the pronunciation of targeted consonants of the voca-tional college students, who are English majors with Cantonese as native language but are also exposed to Mandarin for a long time. Re-sults show that the sounds that do not exist in native language are easily pronounced incorrectly. The phonological system the subjectsdevelop to substitute the targeted consonants is quite different from that of the L1 Cantonese learners from Hong Kong and is also variedfrom that of the L1 Mandarin learners from other province of China's Mainland. It confirms that the L1 Cantonese learners of English inGuangdong Province do have a unique phonological system in their interlanguage and that special attention should be paid by teachersduring the teaching of English pronunciation.展开更多
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...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.展开更多
文摘The paper firstly reviews the developments of language transfer research. Utilizing the results supplied by CEM and AntConc, the present writer conducts analyses of the lexicai errors committed by the students in TEM-8 test and reveals the contributions to SLA and EFL language teaching that language transfer may make.
文摘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.
文摘Language transfer has been a key issue in applied linguistics, second language acquisition, and language teaching for at least a century. Within the last few decades, however, its importance has been reassessed several times. The paper focuses on the phenomena of language transfer in Chinese EFL writing, expecting to provide implications for Chinese English learners and teachers.
文摘Guided by the theory of language transfer,this paper examines the transfer of English(second language)in the early stages of the acquisition of German(third language)by Chinese English majors.The results reveal that English has both positive and negative effects on German acquisition,especially on German pronunciation,vocabulary and sentence learning.On the basis of these findings,some suggestions are also put forward in order to improve the efficiency of third language(German)teaching,namely,English-as-a-vehicular-language teaching,contrastive teaching and corpus-based teaching.
文摘Based on the theory of language transfer in second language acquisition, this study explored the dynamic acquisition of English double object construction by Chinese EFL learners through comparative analysis. Altogether 120 subjects participated in this experiment and were required to take the proofreading exercise in limited time. The experimental results showed that Chinese EFL learners at different levels of proficiency acquired the core subclass of double object construction better than peripheral ones;meanwhile, learners at higher levels of proficiency outperformed those at lower levels, especially in the peripheral types. Relevant theoretical interpretations were given thereafter to the above research findings, with the hope to shed some light on the learning of double object construction by Chinese EFL learners.
文摘Idiom acquisition plays an important role in the process of second language learning and acquisition.Proper understanding of linguistic transfer in terms of English idiom acquisition is helpful for EFL learners to improve the efficiency of learning English and also facilitates the process of English teaching.This study examines the Chinese learner’s language transfer features manifested in their understanding of English idioms which are classified into five different types according to their linguistic forms and conceptual bases.The results suggest that equivalent linguistic forms and equivalent conceptual bases of idioms are helpful to cause positive transfer while different conceptual bases of idioms may result in negative cross-linguistic transfer.This article may contribute to the development of language transfer theory and provide pedagogical implications of how English idioms should be learned by students and taught by English teachers.
文摘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.
文摘Transfer has been a controversial issue in the study of second language acquisition. This study concerns language transfer at the lexical level and focuses on the transfer phenomena existing in Chinese college students’ acquisition of English light verb ＋ noun collocations. The paper introduces the light verb systems in Mandarin Chinese and English respectively, analyzes the different situations of light verb use in collocations between Chinese and English, and classifies these different situations into seven types. Then it uses three collocation tests as the experimental materials to examine the L1 influence on the students’ acquisition of English light verb ＋ noun collocations in relation to these seven types of situations. At last, the paper stresses the importance of transfer in SLA and presents some pedagogical implications for language teaching and learning and some suggestions for further study.
文摘Negative language transfer is a common phenomenon in Chinese students' English writing. This paper mainly focuses on the negative language transfer in college English writing. Through analyzing the manifestations of negative language transfer at the morphemic, lexical, syntactical and discourse level, the paper makes a further study on the causes that lead to the negative language transfer, which are cultural differences and different modes of thinking. Based on all the analysis, the paper suggests some strategies of how to teach English writing more efficiently from three aspects: reinforce the input of language knowledge, reinforce the input of culture knowledge and teach writing as a process.
文摘March 21-22,2009 Keynote Speakers Terence Odlin Ohio State University David Singleton The University of Dublin Scott Jarvis Ohio University Submissions which present research on any topic in the field of language transfer in second language acquisition will be fully considered, including: syntactic transfer; semantic transfer; conceptual transfer; phonological transfer; lexical transfer; pragmatic transfer; cultural transfer; constraints on transfer; other topics related to language transfer.Presentations will be 20 minutes long followed by a 10 minute question period.
文摘Nowadays,the studies on the language transfer are more concerning the impact of Chinese language on English learning.Very few of them are on the phenomenon of negative transfer of Tibetan language to the Tibetan students’English learning under the trilingual(TIbetan,Chinese and English)environment.The author had a detailed analysis to the Tibetan students’writing composition on the basis of language tranfer theories such as markedness,interlanguage hyposthesis,and etc.And figure out the main grammatical errors in their compositions through the method of Error Analysis.Contrastive Analysis is also used to have comparison among the Tibetan,Chinsed and English,and individual interview as well,the reasons for the grammatical errors are figured out.The major findings of this research are as follows:The grammatical errors emerged in the Tibetan English major students’composition writing is in many fields,which includes omission,collocation,single and plural form of noun,subject-predicate concord,negative,possessive,relative clause and inverted sentence;Here is the reason for these grammatical errors:various thinking modes,in short of comparisons among the three languages and inadequate input.The methods can be applied to resolve are:language instructors should intsruct language learners propers through having comparison between the three languages and more importantly,strengthenging the students’comprehensible and adequate input the learner langauge.
文摘The role that a learner＇s native language plays in his or her second language acquisition （SLA） has been the focus of many researchers in the past few decades. The article provides a brief review of the literature on the importance and the factors of native language influence in SLA.
文摘Native language transfer is a common phenomenon in foreign language learning and is all the time influencing the learners＇ language. As to us English teachers in China, how to use or avoid the Chinese transfer in students＇ English learning is an issue we need to further explore. The paper, based on the theory of SLA （second language acquisition） and language transfer, discusses this phenomenon, analyzes the factors that cause the transfer, and puts forward some suggestions to deal with the influence of transfer in teaching English as a foreign language Contrastive analysis, with examples, is employed to find the similarities and difficulties in students＇ learning Some of the difficulties can be predicted and positive transfer indeed plays a positive role in language acquisition.
文摘This paper aims to study the unique interlanguage phonological system of the L1 Cantonese learners of English in GuangdongProvince, including the roles of the differences between native language and target language, language transfer and other constraints dur-ing the interlanguage formation process. An experiment has been designed to test the pronunciation of targeted consonants of the voca-tional college students, who are English majors with Cantonese as native language but are also exposed to Mandarin for a long time. Re-sults show that the sounds that do not exist in native language are easily pronounced incorrectly. The phonological system the subjectsdevelop to substitute the targeted consonants is quite different from that of the L1 Cantonese learners from Hong Kong and is also variedfrom that of the L1 Mandarin learners from other province of China's Mainland. It confirms that the L1 Cantonese learners of English inGuangdong Province do have a unique phonological system in their interlanguage and that special attention should be paid by teachersduring the teaching of English pronunciation.
文摘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.
