L2 Acquisition of THE: Error Type, Error Cause and Negative L1 Transfer

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10.2991/assehr.k.211011.029How to use a DOI?

Keywords

second language acquisition, English articles, L1 transfer

Abstract

This paper studies the types and causes of Chinese EFL learners’ misuse of English definite articles. In this study, 145 undergraduate and graduate English learners and 30 high school students were surveyed online and offline respectively. The questionnaire included judging whether a given sentence is true or false. The results show that many respondents tend to mix and omit definite articles, and adjectives and semantic features have a greater impact on their use errors. It is suggested that the explicit knowledge of English articles should be enhanced, and the use of English articles should be strengthened through formal and systematic teaching.

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© 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Junling Ou
AU  - Ming Zhang
AU  - Siqi Zou
AU  - Hu Kevin Zhi Wei
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/10/12
TI  - L2 Acquisition of THE: Error Type, Error Cause and Negative L1 Transfer
BT  - Proceedings of the 2021 6th International Conference on Modern Management and Education Technology（MMET 2021）
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 157
EP  - 164
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.211011.029
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.211011.029
ID  - Ou2021
ER  -