A Study on the Influence of Mother Tongue Transfer on English Pronunciation of Primary Students

Abstract

It is found that students’ English pronunciation is affected by negative transfer of mother tongue at the segmental level and suprasegmental level. At the segmental level, it is mainly manifested in the vacancy of phonemes, the incomplete correspondence of phonemes and the increase of phonemes. At the suprasegmental level, it is mainly reflected in stress, intonation and linking. With the help of the positive transfer of mother tongue, while minimizing the negative transfer, students can master English pronunciation easily, efficiently and accurately.