An Investigation Into The Negative Transfer Of Native Language In Chinese Students' Writing In Senior High School

English writing has been a weak point in English teaching of senior high school.Results of NMET English writing have been far from satisfactory over the years.There commonly exists a phenomenon of negative transfer of native language at the levels of semantics,syntax and discourse in Chinese Students' work.Starting with the definition,types,manifestations of language transfer and factors influencing it,the paper reviews the history of language transfer,explores the phenomenon of the negative transfer in English writing bycollecting and analyzing the errors from compositions by high school students,and gives feasible solutions to reduce the interference of native language as much as possible to improve their writing.Language transfer is a complicated phenomenon.Empirical studies have showed that the negative transfer of native language does perplex learners, especially the low-level ones in high school,though the positive role of the native language cannot be neglected.However,in secondary schools of our country,a lot of teachers of English do not have an overall understanding of negative transfer of native language,let alone carry on researches.The paper attempts to draw more attention to the negative transfer of native language from more teachers of English in high school and calls on them to participate in the research with enthusiasm.