The Effect of Language Transfer on Second Language Acquisition: Language Transfer on Chinese Learners Learning Japanese

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The Effect of Language Transfer on Second Language Acquisition: Language Transfer on Chinese Learners Learning Japanese

Ju Wang 1*
  • 1 Qingdao University of Technology    
  • *corresponding author wangju@stu.qut.edu.cn
LNEP Vol.87
ISSN (Print): 2753-7056
ISSN (Online): 2753-7048
ISBN (Print): 978-1-80590-083-2
ISBN (Online): 978-1-80590-084-9

Abstract

Under the background of globalisation, multilingual learning has evolved from personal development options to a necessary literacy for survival in modern society. In the process of language learning, people will be more or less influenced by their mastered language, which is the effect of language transfer. Therefore, language transfer has always been an important topic in the field of second language acquisition. When the positive transfer phenomenon occurs, the mother tongue (L1) or the mastered language plays a role in promoting the learning of the target language (L2); on the contrary, when L1 plays a negative role on L2, the negative migration of the language occurs. In order to better reflect the impact of language transfer in the field of second language acquisition and promote the improvement of teaching methods, this article will briefly describe the theories and hypotheses that have far-reaching significance in the field of linguistics so far, and take native Japanese speakers who learn Chinese as an example to explain the performance of positive transfer and negative transfer in grammar, phonetics, etc. The research results will also be analysed, and suggestions will be made for future Chinese learning and textbook preparation.

Keywords:

Language transfer, Positive transfer, Negative transfer, Mother tongue, Target language

Wang,J. (2025). The Effect of Language Transfer on Second Language Acquisition: Language Transfer on Chinese Learners Learning Japanese. Lecture Notes in Education Psychology and Public Media,87,77-82.
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Wang,J. (2025). The Effect of Language Transfer on Second Language Acquisition: Language Transfer on Chinese Learners Learning Japanese. Lecture Notes in Education Psychology and Public Media,87,77-82.

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References

[1]. Lado, R. (1957). Linguistics across cultures: Applied linguistics for language teachers. University of Michigan Press.

[2]. Selinker, L. (1972). Interlanguage. International Review of Applied Linguistics, 10(3), 209–231. https://doi.org/10.1515/iral.1972.10.3.209

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[6]. Stockwell, R., & Bowen, J. D. (1965). The sounds of English and Spanish. University of Chicago Press.

[7]. Stockwell, R., Bowen, J. D., & Martin, J. (1965b). The grammatical structure of English and Spanish. University of Chicago Press.

[8]. Flege, J. E. (1995). Second language speech learning: Theory, findings, and problems. In W. Strange (Ed.), *Speech Perception and Linguistic Experience: Issues in Cross-Linguistic Research* (pp. 233–277). York Press.

[9]. Cynthia Fan. (2024). Analysis of Japanese Chinese learners' multiple pronominal order bias (Master's thesis, Nanjing University of Information Engineering).Master.

[10]. Wenping Xu,Chen Chen. A Review on the Acquisition of Chinese-Korean Homographs by Korean Students[J]. International Chinese Language Education,2010.

[11]. Chunyan Wu. A Comparative Study of Chinese and Japanese Homographs[J]. Journal of Anyang Normal College,2009.

[12]. Gardner, R.C. (1985) The Socio-Educational Model of Second Language Acquisition: The Role of Attitudes and Motivation. Edward Arnold.

[13]. Yuhuan Feng.(2024).A Study of Acquisition Bias of Chinese-Japanese Homographs in Elementary Chinese Language Textbooks (Master's Thesis, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology). Master's Degree.https://link.cnki.net/doi/10.27393/d.cnki.gxazu.2024.001721doi:10.27393/d.cnki.gxazu.2024.001721.

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