The interrogative sentence is one of the important grammar items in modern Chinese,and it together with the imperative sentence,declarative sentence and exclamation sentence constitute the four kinds of sentences in Chinese.Specifically refers to the interrogative sentence is also an important part of the question sentence.As an important sentence pattern in our daily life,the interrogative sentence is widely used,and also occupies an important position in the teaching of Chinese as a foreign language.In the foreign Chinese language class,students can understand the teacher’s questions,and ask questions based on places they do not understand,as well as dialogue exercises between teachers and students or learners,which require interrogative sentence to communicate.Therefore,it is of great significance for Chinese learners to grasp the Chinese interrogative sentence accurately.Malay and Chinese belong to different language systems,and Malay native speakers will be affected by negative transfer of mother tongue and other factors.This paper takes Malay native speakers from University Malaysia PAHANG to study Chinese as the research object.Firstly,it expounds the limitations such as the research results and the lack of the country study of Chinese specific interrogative sentences and the present situation of teaching objects,teaching materials and teaching methods in Chinese teaching at University Malaysia PAHANG,then describes the characteristics of specific interrogative sentences in detail,and then uses the method of questionnaire to count the errors and errors in students’ learing specific interrogative sentences.It is found that there are five types of errors in students:misuse of interrogative pronouns,omission of interrogative pronouns,word order errors of interrogative sentences,confusion of interrogative sentences and other errors.Based on the above analysis of the types of errors,and combined with previous research results,the main causes of errors in students are summarized as:negative transfer of mother tongue,generalization of knowledge of target language and insufficient teaching.According to the above summary of the types of errors and the analysis of the causes of errors,some teaching suggestions are put forward for teaching materials and teachers,among which the suggestions for teaching materials are divided into three points:adjusting the arrangement of special questions,perfecting the notes of special questions and enriching the practice types of special questions.Finally,it summarizes the main contents of the above chapters,points out the shortcomings of this paper,and expresses the prospect of teaching Chinese as a foreign language. |