Analysis of Common Transfer of Chinese Han Students’ Russian Pronunciation

With the increasing frequency of international communication, the study of second language acquisition has garnered heightened attention within the academic community. In the realm of second language acquisition, the phenomenon of language transfer is widespread and has emerged as a focal point in research on interlingual influence. This article examines language transfer during the acquisition of Russian oral speech by Han Chinese students. This analysis represents a research endeavor conducted as part of a dissertation focusing on “Language transfer in the process of Russian phonetic acquisition by Chinese students”. Drawing on the collective expertise in resolving interlingual challenges in linguistics, the comparative method serves as the primary approach for elucidating the theory of language transfer. Accordingly, the article adopts the theory of language transfer as a research framework, employing a bilingual contrastive analytical method to compare phonemes, syllables, and stress patterns between the native language of Han students and Russian, thereby analyzing common instances of positive and negative transfer. Through this analysis, the article delineates the concept and impact of language transfer, elucidating the underlying reasons for various forms of negative transfer from the Han native language into Russian pronunciation, along with phonetic errors observed in Chinese Han students during their acquisition of the Russian language, illustrated through examples. The objective of this analysis is to uncover the factors contributing to different types of transfer in the process of Russian phonetic acquisition by Han students and mitigate such errors, facilitating accurate and effective learning of Russian, comprehension of Russian phonetics, and the acquisition of proficient speaking skills.

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