The Negative Transfer of Culture in Chinese College Students’ English Learning

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10.2991/978-2-494069-89-3_208How to use a DOI?

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second language acquisition; language transfer; negative transfer; culture

Abstract

There is a close relationship between language and culture, and the interaction between language and culture is mainly reflected in the cultural transfer of second language acquisition. The English language system is completely different from that of the Chinese, and the culture behind it is also significantly different. Therefore, Chinese college students are often affected by the negative transfer of mother tongue culture in the process of learning English. This paper reviews the existing studies at home and abroad, and studies what role culture plays in second language acquisition for Chinese college students from the perspective of negative cultural transfer. Given the problems in English learning of Chinese college students, the author adopts a questionnaire survey, in-depth interview, data analysis, and other research methods, finding that there is a significant negative cultural transfer phenomenon in English learning of college students in terms of vocabulary, speaking, and writing. This is mainly caused by the differences in material culture and cultural traditions between China and Britain. Finally, because of the above phenomena and reasons, the author gives suggestions for improvement in the aspect of vocabulary, English thinking cultivation, and pragmatic environment shaping.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Qinyuan Zhang
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/12/30
TI  - The Negative Transfer of Culture in Chinese College Students’ English Learning
BT  - Proceedings of the 2022 5th International Conference on Humanities Education and Social Sciences (ICHESS 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 1813
EP  - 1823
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-494069-89-3_208
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-494069-89-3_208
ID  - Zhang2022
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