A Strategy of Learning Two Languages-The Comparison of the Differences and Similarities in Basic Sentence Structure between Chinese and English

兩種語言的學習策略：比較中、英文的基本句構之異同

張柏芳(Bor-Fang Chang)

《中華技術學院學報》 32期 (2005/05) Pp. 219-251

https://doi.org/10.7095/JCIT.200505.0219

摘要

對於一個學習外語或第二種語言的初學者而言，獲得學習目標的方法很多，但最好的方式之一，乃是藉由初學者的母語及其所接觸的外語或第二種語言比較其句子結構之異同點。初學者不僅會發現學習外語或第二種語言並非如其想像那麼困難，同時也能激發其強烈的學習外語或第二種語言的意願：相同的，對於正在學英文當外語的中國人而言，也可以藉由這種方法在英文的學習中獲得重大的進展。在另一方面，對學習中文的英、美人士而言，也可藉此方法不僅對中文地學習更輕鬆，同時也對中文的瞭解更透徹。本文乃藉由比較中、英文的基本句構中之差異與相同點，指引英文的中國初學者或學中文的英、美人士，產生興趣進而有效的達到學習的目標。

並列摘要

For a language beginner there are many methods of attaining the goal of learning a second or foreign language, one of the most useful ones of which is to make a comparison in sentence structure between one's own native tongue and a second or foreign language. A learner will find out that there are some differences and similarities between the two languages by means of comparison, through which he/she will feel learning a foreign language is not so difficult as he/she imagines and give birth to a strong desire to learn a foreign language. For a Chinese speaker who is learning English as a foreign language, she/he may make great strides in English through the comparison of sentence structure between the two languages. On the other hand, this way can help the English speakers not only better understand but feel more at ease in Chinese learning as well. The overall purpose of this study is to seek to compare Chinese to English in basic sentence structure, including inflections, problems in subject-verb agreement, etc., to guide both the English beginners to take interest in English and the English speakers feel an interest in Chinese, and to facilitate successfully acquiring their aim of learning a second or foreign language.