The Negative Transfer of Dialects on Primary School Students' English Phonetics Acquisition and Its Teaching Implications-Taking Kunming Dialect as an Example
Abstract
In the process of learning a second language, correct pronunciation is an indispensable prerequisite for having strong listening and speaking skills. Primary school students in Kunming (represented by the urban area) often experience negative phonological transfer in the process of English phonological acquisition due to their habitual use of dialects, resulting in inaccurate pronunciation and weak listening and speaking skills. Based on the information from three aspects—teaching experience, literature reading and internet search, this paper summarizes the common negative phonological transfer problems of primary school students, such as mispronouncing the vowel [aɪ] sound as [e] sound, having difficulty in effectively distinguishing between consonant [v] sound and [w] sound, and being very prone to confusing basic long and short sounds. The above problems can be solved by strengthening teacher training, optimizing teaching strategies and introducing educational resources. Such measures can significantly aid students in improving their pronunciation accuracy, thereby laying a solid foundation for better listening and speaking skills.
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