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Chinese students’ English pronunciation problems On Summary: English pronunciation of Chinese students in the learning process often cause problems, because students are familiar with Chinese and English belong to two different languages, in voice systems, there is a big difference, and second language learning process in general the existence of the phenomenon of language transfer, so students in the pronunciation of their native language on the vulnerable, the Chinese influence, to form the pronunciation errors and bias, according to linguistic migration theory, by comparison of Chinese and English, Chinese students analyze common errors in English pronunciation can address these issues some possible solutions. Keywords:: pronunciation question language voice system compared to migrate at different points Introduction Accurate pronunciation and intonation are the basic quality of a language user. However, there are many problems in Chinese students’ pronunciation of English, resulting from the negative transfer of their mother tongue-Chinese. Examples of errors made by English learners in pronunciation are common , displaying on both segmental and suprasegmental levels. The slight differences between Chinese and English in pronunciation which are not so obvious can easily cause negative transfer. By contrasting the sound systems of the two languages, learners will be clear about the causes of the problems and learn some skills to avoid or tackle these problems . 1. Problems in Pronouncing Segmental Phonemes Different languages #8203;#8203;have different phonemic systems. Still, there exist true linguistic universals and near universals in all languages. An awareness of the differences between the new and the native language can help students realize which of their native language speech habits can be transferred to the new language and which can not. Problems for Chinese students at segmental level can mainly be divided into two