The third phase was from 1980s to the present, when linguisticians started to study language transfer from the angle of cognitive psychology and empirical research also got further development, so people had a new understanding of the importance of native language。 At the beginning of this phase, language transfer started to decline because researches mainly focused on language subject。 Later, with further studies on second language acquisition, researchers have more rational knowledge of language transfer。 So far, native language transfer has been a hot topic again in the field of second language acquisition。 (Yu Liming, Chang Hui, Meng Jiang 2012: 45)。来*自~优|尔^论:文+网www.youerw.com +QQ752018766*

4。 Similarities in English and Chinese Grammar

Although English and Chinese belong to different language families, if it is language acquisition, it must have something in common。 After investigation, most of the middle school students in China regard Chinese as their native language, and English as their second language。 It is inevitable that their English acquisition will be influenced by Chinese。 Combining English and Chinese grammar, using contrastive analysis and interlingual positive transfer, this chapter will systematically elaborate the generalities (the same or similar aspects) of English and Chinese grammar, to pave way for English grammar teaching in middle school。 The following is about the analysis of similarities in morphology and syntax。