Author(s)

Zhaoyang Lai ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ North China University of Technology, Beijing 100043, China

Corresponding Author

Zhaoyang Lai

ABSTRACT

This paper takes some non-English majors at NCUT who participated in the Graduate Candidate Test for examples and collects a total of 60 compositions that students practiced during the preparation period. By error analysis and data analysis, this paper aims on the research question: What negative transfer effects, if any, are there on English composition learning for non-English graduates at NCUT?

KEYWORDS

Graduate candidate Test, Composition, Negative transfer of mother tongue, Date analysis, Error analysis

CITE THIS PAPER

Zhaoyang Lai. The Effect of Negative Transfer of Mother Tongue in English Compositions of the Graduate Candidate Test. Advances in Educational Technology and Psychology (2021) 5: 107-113. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/aetp.2021.54015

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