Abstract:

Mother language transfer has always been a hot topic in the field of linguistics. It is also an important factor in second language acquisition. In this paper, the author expounded the mother language transfer theory from the view of phonetics, employed literature review and questionnaires to analyze the influence of mother language transfer on Chinese students’ phonetic learning, which includes positive transfer and negative transfer. At last, the author proposed countermeasures to deal with negative transfer. The aim is to help students to understand mother language transfer, find appropriate countermeasures to reduce the influence of positive transfer and enhance the efficiency of phonetic learning.

Key words: mother language transfer, English phonetics learning, countermeasures

摘要：

母语迁移一直是语言学领域的热点问题，也是影响二语习得的重要因素。本文从语音学角度出发，阐述了母语迁移和语音习得理论。采用文献综述法和问卷调查法等方法，分析了母语迁移对中国学生语音学习造成的影响，包括正迁移和负迁移，并提出应对负迁移的对策，旨在帮助学生了解母语迁移，从而找到合适的对策减少负迁移，提高语音学习效果。

关键词：母语迁移；英语语音学习；对策

1. Introduction
Phonetics is the linguistic science which describes and classifies the sounds of human languages (Johnson, 1999: 235). Researchers both in home and abroad describe phonetics as an important part of speaking, listening, reading and writing experiences. The famous linguist A.C Gimson said that if a person learns to speak any language, he must learn to 100% of its voice, but only 50% to 90% of its grammar and 1% of its vocabulary. Obviously, it is important to master the phonetics for language. The founder of Crazy English- Li Yang said that every country in Asia said their own English, the Indians say Indian English, and Chinese people say Chinese English. Thus, mother language plays a crucial rule to restrict English acquisition.