1.2 Layout of the Study 

    This study consists of five parts:

Part one is an introduction, including background, significance and the organization of the study.

Part two is literature review, mainly concerning previous studies on negative transfer and Chinese and English Phonetic Systems. 

Part three is a contrastive study of Chinese and English phonetic systems, common mispronunciation and the reasons. 

Part four is implications of how to eliminate the effect of negative transfer of Chinese on English pronunciation. 

Part five is conclusion that summarizes the main findings and limitations of this paper.