A Probe into the Negative Writing Transfer of Chinese College Students

Autor/inn/en	He, Xiaojun; Niao, Lina
Titel	A Probe into the Negative Writing Transfer of Chinese College Students
Quelle	In: English Language Teaching, 8 (2015) 10, S.21-29 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1916-4742
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; English (Second Language); Second Language Instruction; Second Language Learning; College Students; Writing Skills; Transfer of Training; Contrastive Linguistics; Interlanguage; Language Usage; Form Classes (Languages); Cultural Influences; China + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Collegestudent; Writing skill; Schreibfertigkeit; Training; Transfer; Ausbildung; Linguistics; Kontrastive Linguistik; Zielsprache; Sprachgebrauch; Analytischer Sprachbau; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss
Abstract	Although Chinese college students have studied English for many years, they still have much difficulty in writing a good paper. There are many factors resulting in their inability to write well, such as students' lack of vocabulary, having a poor knowledge of grammar, language transfer, and so on. But, of these factors, the negative transfer of Chinese is a main factor that cannot be neglected. It influences their writing in diction, building of sentence and discourse structure, and as a result impedes improving their English writing ability. So this thesis will, based on the review of some theories related to the negative transfer of a native language and on a detailed analysis of the negative transfer of Chinese on college students' English writing, such as its negative transfer in lexicon, in sentence structure and in discourse structure, put forward some practical effective strategies for decreasing the negative transfer of Chinese so as to improve college students' English writing, like raising students' awareness of the negative transfer of Chinese, increasing comparative analysis in classroom teaching, and introducing the cultures of the English-speaking countries. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01