On the Influence of the Negative Transfer of Mother Tongue on English Writing.docVIP

On the Influence of the Negative Transfer of Mother Tongue on English Writing 　　【Abstract】The influence of negative transfer of mother language on the English writing has already been the focus of the study. Furthermore， different experts and scholars hold different views on it. The paper aims at analyzing how the negative transfer of mother language affects the English writing. As a whole， the essay embraces three parts as follows. The first part expounds the transfer of mother language. The second part concentrates on three levels that are vocabulary level， syntax level and discourse level.The third part explores how to reduce the influence of negative transfer of mother language. What is more， the thesis gives some proper suggestions to improve their ability of writing rather than being trapped in the Chinese negative transfer. 　　【Key words】mother tongue； negative transfer； English writing 　　1. The Transfer of Mother Language on the English Writing 　　1.1 The Definition of the Transfer of Mother Tongue 　　According to the psychological view of language， the language transfer refers to the fact that one language influences another one. As a matter of fact， the language transfer was studied dating back to the 20th century 50s. Different linguists flesh out their different perspectives on the definition of it.Among these views of transfer of mother language， the linguists have a general consensus that the proceeding language acquisition has some similarities and differences between the target language. The former indicates that the mother transfer will facilitate the learning of the Chinese； on the contrary， the latter are possible to impede the progress of language learning. 　　1.2 The Negative Transfer of Chinese Vocabulary 　　As far as the verbs are concerned， to some extent， the usage of Chinese verbs and English verbs are not equivalent to each other. Especially， as for the English beginners， they are more likely to be confused while utilizing the forms