The Extra English Learning Experiences Reduce Negative Transfer in Syntactical Patterns Among Chinese Students’ English Writing in SLA Limitedly

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10.2991/assehr.k.220131.072How to use a DOI?

Keywords

negative transfer; Chinese students’ English writing; English learning experiences; syntactical pattern

Abstract

In China, many students pay attention to extracurricular English practice to improve their English writing, and many leave mainland China and receive English-teaching mode in university. Although plenty of efforts are spent into English learning, Chinese negative transfer still influences students’ English writing inevitably. This article gathered data from 32 college students from China, 16 of them studying in mainland with Chinese as their teaching language and the others studying in other regions with English as their teaching language, and compared their performance in English writing. Considering their learning environment and individual English study modes, it turned out that the extra English learning experiences can help reduce students’ negative transfer in syntactical patterns but the effect is limited. This contradicts many people’s belief that studying abroad and English-teaching environment can shape a perfect English second language learner to a large extent.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Xinhui Zhang
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/02/01
TI  - The Extra English Learning Experiences Reduce Negative Transfer in Syntactical Patterns Among Chinese Students’ English Writing in SLA Limitedly
BT  - Proceedings of the 2021 International Conference on Education, Language and Art (ICELA 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 392
EP  - 402
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.220131.072
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.220131.072
ID  - Zhang2022
ER  -