It is found that students’ English pronunciation is affected by negative
transfer of mother tongue at the segmental level and suprasegmental level. At the
segmental level, it is mainly manifested in the vacancy of phonemes, the
incomplete correspondence of phonemes and the increase of phonemes. At the
suprasegmental level, it is mainly reflected in stress, intonation and linking.
With the help of the positive transfer of mother tongue, while minimizing the
negative transfer, students can master English pronunciation easily,
efficiently and accurately.
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