An Analysis of Spoken English Errors of Tibetan-English Major Students—Take Qinghai Nationalities University for example

Abstract

In order to improve Tibetan-English major students’ spoken English, the analysis of oral English errors is essential. Although English majors have more time and more methods to learn English, like other English learners, they will inevitably make mistakes. But what are the common Spoken English errors made by students in the Tibetan-English class in Qinghai Nationalities University? Are the mistakes they make in spoken English the same as those made by students whose mother tongue is Chinese? Mother tongue affects second language acquisition in a large extent. This research aims to find the main types of grammatical errors committed by Tibetan-English major students in spoken English, and through the language developments and changes of freshmen, sophomore and junior students, give relevant correction strategies and provides teachers with corresponding teaching methods. The main tools used in this research are Xunfei recording tools, Xunfei recording to text tools, Excel chart calculation, Word charts and manual counting. The interview method and the random sampling method are mainly used.