A Study on the Influence of Negative Transfer of Chinese on Chinese College English Writing

Abstract

English writing reflects the English level of Chinese college students and a process of comprehensively applying English knowledge. At the same time, English writing is also a communicative behavior across Chinese and English languages and cultures for Chinese college students. However, the influence of the mother tongue (i.e., Chinese) on the English writing of most Chinese college students is enormous and extensive. Based on the survey and questionnaire survey of Chinese college students' English essays of different IELTS levels, this paper introduces the relevant knowledge of negative Chinese transfer from the perspectives of English vocabulary, sentence structure, grammar, and culture and comprehensively studies negative Chinese transfer. At the same time, this paper analyses the problems existing in Chinese college students' English writing and proposes some solutions.