Cross-Linguistic Influence in Hong Kong ESL Learners' Acquisition of Conjunctions  

作　　者：Ming Sum Kong Mary Carr Sin Wang Chong 

机构地区：[1]International Education Institute,University of St.Andrews,Kinessburn Kennedy Gardens,St Andrews KY169DJ,UK [2]Student Services,University of Dundee,Dundee DD14HN,UK

出　　处：《Fudan Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences》2023年第4期515-539,共25页复旦人文社会科学论丛（英文版）

摘　　要：Language transfer is one of the most significant aspects of cross-linguistic influ-ence.It can be divided into two types:positive and negative,the beneficial and det-rimental use of one language's acquired characteristics in another.This study aims to investigate the L1(Chinese)influence on Hong Kong ESL learners'acquisition of conjunctions and whether the use of L1 has an impact on this influence.An online questionnaire combining questions about students'English learning experience and a grammatical judgement task was sent to a government-funded secondary school in Hong Kong and completed by 79 students.Evidence of both positive and negative transfer from Chinese to English was found by testing six conjunctions or conjunc-tion pairs:although...but,because...so,not only...but also,either...or,neither...nor,.and despite.The results suggest that Chinese is likely to have an impact on students'acquisition of conjunctions,and the use of Chinese in English classes can worsen negative transfer and boost positive transfer.The degree of transfer might increase when more Chinese is used in class.To alleviate the impact of Chinese transfer and to provide more effective L2 teaching,monitoring the use of L1 and regular evalua-tion might be useful.Teachers can also adjust the amount of Chinese used according to the students'English proficiency level.

关 键 词：Cross-linguistic influence Language transfer CONJUNCTIONS Hong Kong ESL learners 

分 类 号：H31[语言文字—英语]