Obstacles for Chinese EFL Learners to Master English Subjunctive Mood

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10.2991/assehr.k.220131.017How to use a DOI?

Keywords

English subjunctive mood; Chinese EFL learners; Error analysis; Obstacles

Abstract

By error analysis and contrastive analysis, this study critically explores the obstacles preventing Chinese EFL learners from mastering English subjunctive mood. Based on the data of a questionnaire about Chinese students’ acquisition of English subjunctive mood, the study firstly reconfirms the previous finding that Chinese EFL learners have the ability of reasoning counterfactually. Secondly, the study gives explanations to different errors of Chinese EFL learners, including intralingual errors, interlingual errors and cognitive errors. Finally, the results show that most of the intralingual errors of Chinese EFL learners are caused by overgeneralization. The interlingual errors are mainly due to negative transfers from Chinese. Additionally, cognitive errors are made because Chinese EFL learners have a special understanding of the formality and metaphoricity of English subjunctive mood.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Zewei Wei
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/02/01
TI  - Obstacles for Chinese EFL Learners to Master English Subjunctive Mood
BT  - Proceedings of the 2021 International Conference on Education, Language and Art (ICELA 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 94
EP  - 102
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.220131.017
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.220131.017
ID  - Wei2022
ER  -