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speakers. Besides, teachers can make full use of the positive transfer from the mother tongue and minimize the influence of negative transfer. The teacher sets a model (either the teachers own model if he or she has a good pronunciation or a recording read by the native speakers) to the students to imitate. In this way, they got to know standard English pronunciation and intonation and then they could listen and follow the language for good English pronunciation.Besides, the teacher can guide the students how to produce some troublesome sounds by comparing their characteristics with the sounds in the Mandarin sound system. Moreover, teachers can write down the students’ pronunciation mistakes and correcting them after detailed explanation. This will help students know where they mispronounced and then to correct them. (2) For the studentsExperiences have shown us that teaching is the interaction of the teachers and the students, possible success and positive change can only be expected though the interaction. It is the most important for the students to reproduce the sounds themselves.[12]Exploiting students to standard pronunciation and intonation by listening to authentic English materials is an important and effective way to better students’ pronunciation and intonation. If they could hear the sounds accurately and listen to them closely and carefully, they will undergo ear-training and constant listening to English native speakers or some equally good models, and then they could imitate the sounds heard effectively. The more they hear the differences between the various sounds of English language, the better they will articulate them And the soundest method in improving ones pronunciation is to practice as much as possible with proper guidance, especially when one wants to correct the mistakes in pronouncing some individual sound. It is better for a student to pronounce those sounds again and again, and if necessary, listen to the sound in his own speech and compare with that of others’ to correct his mistakes. 6.ConclusionAs can be seen from the above, Chinese and English sound system bear much differences in many aspects. To Chinese EFL learners，such theoretical knowledge is important and helpful. Accurate and beautiful pronunciation is also an important part of students’ linguistic competence. In a word, to eliminate the negative transfer of the Mandarin sound system to English pronunciation, what we should do is that on one hand, relevant theories are taught to guide students’ practice; on the other hand, the practice in turn consolidates their comprehension of that knowledge. References [1] 侯业勋. 语言习惯对英语语音学习的影响[J]. 合肥工业大学学报（社会科学版），2004，12,6,p137 [2] Tang Xi. The Research on the Influence of Native Language to the Process of Interlanguage in SLA & Dealing Strategies [J]. Beijing:CELEA Journal Bimonthly Apr 2005,Vol 28 No 2,p101[3] 李术华、白红梅.迁移与英语语音教学[J]. 鞍山师范学院学报，2004，6,1,p30 [4] 萧立明. 英汉比较研究与翻译[M]. 上海：上海外语教育出版社，2002,1,p50 [5] Lanlin Zhang. Language differences and communication: Contrastive analysis revisited [J]. the University of Western Ontario: WJGR, 2005,Vol. 12 (1),p118| [6] 同[5],p118 [7] 许高渝、王之光. 论二十世纪我国的英汉语音对比[J]. 浙江大学学报（人文社会科学版）.2002,9,5,p53 [8] 同[4],p21 [9]王桂珍.英语语音教程[M]. 北京：高等教育出版社，2000，7,p50 [10] 同[9],p23 [11] George Yule.语言研究[M]. 北京：外语教学与研究出版社，2000，8,p195[12] He Liqin. Teaching English to EFL Students [J]. Journal of Qujing Normal College,1993, No.3,p2