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The Role of Native Language in Second
Language Acquisition
and Pedagogical
Implications
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Abs
tract
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This paper aims to
argue that native language
also
contributes a great share to the second language
acquisition.
Detailed analysis in the
following paper regarding positive
aspects of language transfer has been
put forward. It is of
paramount
significance to make full advantage of positive
transfer of L1
，
and thus to strengthen the confidence
of the
second language learners.
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Key
words
】
native
language
；
second
language
acquisition
；
positive
transfer
；
pedagogical implication
1. Introduction
The
role of the native language has had a rocky
history
during the course of second
language acquisition research
（
Gass &
Selinker
，
2008
）
.
Researchers in linguistic field
reached
a consensus that the role of native language on
second
language learning is negative.
It is not until the the end of 20th
century that people came to realize the
positive role that L1
plays on L2.
According to Ellis
（
1994
）
，
positive transfer
refers to
the transfer when the
learner
’
s L1 facilitates L2
learning. This paper clarifies that the
positive influences of
native language
directly reflex at
phonological
，
lexical and
pragmatic
levels.
2. Positive Transfer form L1 to L2
It
is found that L2 learner
’
s
pronunciation deviates from
that of
native speakers and is deeply influenced by native
language. As a matter of
fact
，
the Chinese
phonological system
is different from
that of English
，
especially when it comes to
dental [?] that many Chinese learners
have troubles in
pronunciation. From
the perspective of L1
transfer
，
learners are
most likely to
choose a similar sound as substitution at the very
beginning of English learning. For
example
，
they
probably
prefer to pronounce [s]
instead of [?]
，
which may not decrease
the
quality of communication.
In terms of understanding
the word meaning
，
it is
well-advised for
learners to explain and memorize words in
Chinese instead of
English
，
especially the abstract words. The
abstract word
“
fr
iendship
”
could
justify the point of view
above.
“
Friendship
”
refers to
“
a
relationship between
friends
”
，
which renders
learners a more difficult meaning to
understand. By
contrast
，
the
Chinese meaning
“友谊”
explains this word directly concisely
and clearly. Under such a
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