Influence of Chinese Language and Culture on English Language Acquisition

YANG Huifang

《IETI Transactions on Social Sciences and Humanities》 5卷 (2019/11) Pp. 71-78

https://doi.org/10.6896/IETITSSH.201911_5.0009

摘要

Many factors exert an influence on second language acquisition, among which the learner's first language and native culture are crucial because they heavily influence the version of the second language acquired and learned. Concerning English as a second language, the course of it being learned is also the course of it being changed. Under the influence of Chinese language and culture, including Chinese word formation, sentence structure, traditional idiom, narrating pattern and thinking mode, the emerging of a new version - Chinese English - appears to be unavoidable. Chinese learners should place emphasis both on the fundamental rules of English language and on the traditions of Chinese language and culture when learning and teaching English, and develop a Chinese way of English language acquisition. We lose more than we gain if we abandon Chinese cultural traditions and thinking modes to acquire British or American English.

關鍵字

English Language Acquisition ； Chinese Language and Culture ； Influence ； Chinese Version