学习者的母语在外语课堂上究竟起到什么作用,一直是外语教育工作者和学习者关心的问题。本文旨在借助心理语言学和第二语言习得的研究成果,对母语对少数民族地区师范院校英语专业综合英语课堂教学的启示作用作初步的探讨。 What is the role of the learner’s mother tongue in the foreign language classroom has always been a concern for foreign language educators and learners. This paper aims to make use of the research results of psycholinguistics and second language acquisition to make a tentative discussion on the enlightening role of native language in comprehensive English classroom teaching of English majors in normal schools in ethnic minority areas.