Negative Transfer of Mandarin on English Pronunciation and Strategies

Abstract

This paper discusses the effect of Mandarin negative transfer on English speech in the process of English learning. It is pointed out that in the process of learning English pronunciation, there will inevitably be a negative transfer of Mandarin, and both teachers and learners should acknowledge this fact. At the same time, it also points out how to avoid the expansion of Mandarin negative transfer from the teachers’ angle as well as the learners’. Learners should try their best to develop good reading and recording correction habits at the beginning of the school, make full use of the online dictionary and language resources available everywhere, and strive to reduce the negative transfer of Mandarin, so as to grasp the fluent and accurate voice in a timely and effective manner.