Abstract: The present paper adopts a survey, an approach of empirical research, and then makes a thorough analysis of it in order to find out the main causes and corresponding strategies for junior middle school students in terms of the negative mother-tongue transfer to their oral English. This survey aims to explore the negative mother-tongue transfer to oral English for junior middle school students in three aspects: phonetics, lexis and grammar. Besides, by studying and analyzing the results of the survey, the present paper analyses some possible reasons expounded by junior middle school teachers for negative mother-tongue transfer to the students' oral English, and puts forward some corresponding correcting methods to help the students avoid errors in oral English, enhance their understanding and command of oral English and improve the fluency and accuracy as well.
Key words: mother tongue; negative transfer; junior middle school students; oral English
摘要：本文采用测验调查这种实证研究方式，旨在找出母语对中国初中生英语口语负迁移产生的主要原因，并提出相应的纠正方法。此次测验调查揭示了中国初中生在语音、词汇和语法等三个方面由于母语对英语口语负迁移而常犯的口语错误及相关原因。此外，本文也通过对测验调查结果的分析，进一步探究了一些减少母语对初中生英语口语负迁移的行之有效的方法,以帮助学习者避免英语口语错误，加强初中生对英语口语的了解与掌握，以提高他们英语口语的流利度和准确度。
关键词：母语; 负迁移; 初中学生; 口语
