【正文】 paper.Moreover, I am deeply grateful to those teachers who gave me much help these four benefited me a lot with sparkling ideas in their lectures.My indebtedness also goes to my roommates, who offer me excellent advice and environment to write my paper. Finally, I would like to offer my sincere gratitude to those who spend their precious time in reading this thesis.On the Influence of Chinese Context in English LearningAbstract A good mastery of English has bee a must for all the students in China because of frequent munication among countries. It is easy for the students to get access to English. And our country lays stress on fostering English talents. But the present situation of English learning is that many people have labored on it but only to find it is a waste of time and energy. This thesis analyzes the factors affecting the English learning which are social context, the distinction between these two languages and the students’ goals and motivations. With Bernard Spolsky’s theory, the author tries to explain the most important conditions for second language learning: social context, cultural background, exposure condition and native pronunciation condition. He insists that learners should pay special attention to language transfer and intercultural munication. Besides, a good attitude is crucial. Available resources are also of great help to create good conditions for English learning in Chinese context.Key Words: Chinese context。要克服這種影響，學(xué)習(xí)者首先要注意語(yǔ)言的遷移作用和跨文化的交流，其次要端正學(xué)習(xí)的態(tài)度，樹(shù)立可達(dá)到的目標(biāo)，最后盡可能利用現(xiàn)有的資源創(chuàng)造適合學(xué)習(xí)英語(yǔ)的環(huán)境。 We follow upon Chou. But individually, they have their own pronunciation and standard. Chinese has four tunes but English only depends on the different positions of the stress. In addition, in English there are some phonetics which are very difficult to pronounce like[r] [v] etc. In Chinese pinyin, each “zi” has a “yunmu”, which is like the vowel sound in English. An English consonant or several consonants are preceded by a vowel.Chapter 4 Conditions for English LearningEnglish is a basic tool in the new world. More and more Chinese people are trying their best to charge it. But, in fact, the results are always not satisfactory, because we don’t have the conditions for second language learning. In the book of Conditions for Second Language Learning, Bernard Spolsky shows seventyfour conditions of second language learning. He specially notes that thirtyone conditions are necessary and the others are typical and graded conditions. Among the thirtyone conditions, social context, culture background, exposure conditions, attitude and motivation and native pronunciation are the most important. Social Context According to Bernard Spolsky, language is primarily a social mechanism, so languages are learned in social context. He proved this idea by quoting another linguist’s remarks: “What is needed is a linguistics which can describe whatever features of speech proves relevant in the given case, and which can relate linguistic elements to each other in terms of relationships of role, status, task and the like. Such a linguistic requires foundations in social theory and ethnographic practice as well as in practical phonetics and grammar.”Accordingly, we can divide social context of secondlanguage learning into two parts, learning in a ‘natural’ setting and learning in the ‘classroom’.First, the “Natural Situation”. A natural situation for secondlanguage learning is one where the second language is experienced in a situation that is similar to that in which the native language is learned. That is, language is experienced in conjunction with the objects, situations and events of everyday life。(Waley,1999:34)SVOC You are a vessel.條件；語(yǔ)言遷移ContentsAcknowledgements ………………………………………………………..……. …4Abstract …..………………………………………………………….…………..…..5摘 要……….……………………………….………………….………………...…6Chapter 1 Introduction ……………………………………………….……….........9 The significance of the Research ……………………………………..…...9 Organization of This Paper ………………………………...…..……9Chapter 2 Literature Review …………………………………………………..…..10Chapter 3 English Learning in Chinese Context.....................................................12 Actuality of English Learning in China…………………………..…..12 Factors Affecting English Learning………………………………..…12 The Restriction of Social Context…………………………..…..13 Differences between the Two Languages…………………..…..13 The Goals and Motivation………………………………………14 Phenomena of Language Transfer……………………………....14 Distinctions between English and Chinese…………………………....15 Structure…………………………………………………………16 Pronunciation…………………………………………………....17 Vocabulary……………………………………………………....17 Culture…………………………………………………………...18Chapter 4 Conditions for English Learning………………………………………..19 Social Context…………………………………………………………19 Attitudes and Motivation………………………………………………20 Native Pronunciation Condition……………………………………….21 Cultural Background second language learning。然而，學(xué)生們英語(yǔ)學(xué)習(xí)的進(jìn)展卻不盡人意，許多人花了大力氣學(xué)英語(yǔ)，最后卻發(fā)現(xiàn)它既費(fèi)時(shí)，又費(fèi)力?！?a sentence with nominal rhyme, which means “ Clever talk and a pretentious manner are seldom found in the Good.”(Waley,1999:2) Circling around a theme or rhyme, Chinese sentences usually show diffusiveness in their structure. On the other hand, the English sentence centers around the verb and it may be formulated as below:S (sentence )= Nph ( Noun Phrase ) + Vph ( Verb Phrase ).(Waley,1999:48)SVO(Waley,1999: 88)It can be concluded that subject and verb are indispensable in an English sentence at the mon occasion, which makes the English sentence structure of to be pact.In regard to the plication of sentences in Chinese and English, there are two vivid parisons. The plication of sentences in Chinese is developed in the way as a bamboo grows with each upper piece ing out from the lower one which es out from the base