A Study of the Negative Transfer of the Chinese Thinking Mode to English compositions
By
Sun Shanshan
In partial fulfillment of the requirement
For the B.A. degree
Department of English
College of liberal Arts
Nanjing University of Information Science amp; Technology
May, 2017
Acknowledgements
I would love to express my heartfelt gratitude to my supervisor Lv Hongyan for her sharing expertise, and sincere and valuable guidance as well as encouragement extended to me through all the stages of the composition of this thesis.
I am also extremely thankful and indebted to all the faculty members in the Department of English for the rigorous academic spirit and professional skills they have taught me during my university life.
Last but not least, I take this opportunity to express gratitude to my parents for their unceasing encouragement, support and attention. I am also grateful to my classmates and friends who supported me through this venture.
A Study of the Negative Transfer of the Chinese Thinking Mode to English compositions
Sun Shanshan
Department of English
College of Literal Arts
Nanjing University of Information Science amp; Technology
Abstract: English studying craze can be seen in every corner of China and kids start to get touch with English even when they cannot speak.How can Chinese students master this second language and how can teachers teach it in a better way are always the main concerns. Particularly, Chinese students tend to write their essays under the direction of Chinese thinking mode, which makes their compositions unreadable to native speakers. In order to deal with this problem, it is necessary for us to study the negative transfer of Chinese thinking mode to English compositions and figure out the effective way to overcome it .
Key words:Chinese thinking mode; English thinking mode; English compositions
摘要：近些年来,全中国几乎每个角落的人们对于英语学习都热情高涨，孩子们甚至在会讲话之前就开始接触英语。因此中国学生如何更好地掌握这门第二语言、中国教师要如何能更好地教授英语就成了至关重要的两个问题。尤其值得注意的是英文写作，中国学生往往习惯于在中式思维指导下进行英文写作，这使得英语国家的人看不懂他们没有语法错误的英文作文。为了解决这一问题，我们需要仔细研究中式思维对于英文写作的负迁移影响，从而找到有效克服负迁移的教学途径。本文首先分析了现今中国学生在英文写作方面存在的中式思维负迁移的具体体现，并尝试寻找其背后的深层思维和文化原因。并在最后从教师教学和学生学习两个方面给出了具体解决办法。
关键词：中式思维；英式思维；英文写作
Contents
1. Introduction 7
1.1Research Background 7
1.2Significance of the Research 7
2. Literature Review 8
2.1Thinking Modes Reflected in the Language 8
2.2The difference between Chinese and English thinking modes.............................................8
2.3The Study of Negative Transfer of Chinese Thinking Mode 8
3. Case Study of Comparisons of Chinese and English Compositions 9
3.1Grammatical disparity 9
3.1.1singular and plural nouns and verbs 9
3.1.2grammatical tense 10
3.1.3The usage of prepositions 10
3.1.4The mixing of punctuation 11
3.2Coherence conflict 11
3.3Practical composition 12
4.Reasons for Negative Transfer in Compositions 13
4.1Linear and Spiral Thinking 13
4.2High and Low Context 14
4.3Doctrine of the Mean Thought and Individualism 15
4.4Subjective and Objective Description 16
4.5Concreteness and Generalization 16
5.Solution 17
5.1For teachers 17
5.1.1Attaching more importance to teaching of composition 17
5.1.2Paying More Attention to Culture During Teaching 18
5.2For students 18
5.2.1Learning More about Cultural Background of English 18
5.2.2Knowing Local People’s Ways of Expression 19
5.2.3Comparing and Imitating 20
6.Conclusion 20
Bibliography 20
- Introduction
1.1Research Background
Chinese thinking mode is far different from that of English and native speakers often find it hard to understand Chinese’s compositions in English. The author has analyzed 30 English compositions written by Chinese students under a limited time. It turns out that there are several problems in almost every composition. There are 13 students (41%) whose compositions fail to include main points. Other problems are also quite serious, such as insufficient statement and the lack of coherence.
However, most of these students have passed CET6, which means they are English-learners of middle or high level whose compositions are supposed not to embody these problems.The fact is that they not only ignore the negative transfer of Chinese to English composition, but apply the standard of Chinese compositions to English ones. That can explains why Chinese students would organize English composition structures under the direction of Chinese thinking mode.
1.2Significance of the Research
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