Author(s)

Sun Jingmei ¹, Chen Duoduo ¹, Zhou Xiangyu ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ Anqing Normal University, Anqing, Anhui, China

Corresponding Author

Sun Jingmei

ABSTRACT

This paper categorizes, organizes, summarizes, and generalizes the negative effects of Chinese in English vocabulary acquisition. The negative effects of Chinese mainly manifest in: simply match the meanings of English words with the meanings of Chinese vocabulary one by one, misuse of parts of speech, emphasize the conceptual meaning of words and ignore their social and emotional meanings, and misuse of word combinations. Corresponding solutions are proposed, providing some great methods improving the efficiency of English vocabulary acquisition.

KEYWORDS

English vocabulary acquisition, negative effect, strategy

CITE THIS PAPER

Sun Jingmei, Chen Duoduo, Zhou Xiangyu, The Negative Effect of Chinese in English Vocabulary Acquisition and Countermeasures. Lecture Notes on Language and Literature (2025) Vol. 8: 122-126. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/langl.2025.080517.

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