A Study On The Errors Of "Shi" Sentences For Elementary Chinese Learners At The Confucius Institute At The University Of Burundi

"Shi" sentence is the very important special sentences in Chinese,It ccupies an important position in Chinese grammar,it seems simple,but it is actually complicated,and it is also the sentence pattern that Chinese learners will come into contact with at the beginning.Since Chinese is a language lacking in morphological changes,there is a complicated relationship between grammatical structure and semantic structure.With the continuous deepening of Chinese learners’ learning,there will be some confusion about the "Shi" sentence.Through the design of test,the elementary Chinese learners of the Confucius Institute at the University of Burundi conducted a bias analysis on the "Shi" sentence,it is found that the acquisition of "Shi" sentences by Elementary Chinese learners at the Confucius Institute at the University of Burundi has some types of errors,such as omission,wrong addition,wrong generation and wrong order.Then the error analysis theory is applied to analyze and find out the main causes of these errors are negative transfer of mother tongue,negative transfer of target language knowledge,the complexity of "Shi" sentences and improperly prepared teaching materials.Among the above types of errors,the ranking problem has the highest error rate,i.e.the largest proportion of errors in the order.the reasons for these errors are mainly due to the negative transfer of their mother tongue.Elementary Chinese learners at the Confucius Institute at the University of Burundi all have dual mother tongue backgrounds,and their mother tongue is quite different from Chinese in morphology and internal grammar.in view of this situation,it is suggested that language comparison should be strengthened in the process of teaching "Shi" sentences to Burundian students,so that students can understand the differences between the two languages and reduce the occurrence of such errors.The teaching of Chinese "Shi" sentence for Burundi primary Chinese learners should be carried out in the following aspects: take a progressive approach,drill repeatedly,changing the way of thinking,strengthening language contrast,and flexible use of teaching methods.