I Main Causes of Chinglish 1. Mother-tongue interference One cause of Chinglish, apparently, is the linguistic interference of one's mother tongue, which always poses an obstacle to his or her successful learning of foreign languages When adult native speakers of chinese learn English, they tend to lose sight of the striking 引人注目的 differences between the two languages and write in English what they would in Chinese. The following examples, though simple, serve to illustrate the negative effect of the mother tongue well Ι. Main Causes of Chinglish  1. Mother-tongue interference  One cause of Chinglish, apparently, is the linguistic interference of one’s mother tongue, which always poses an obstacle to his or her successful learning of foreign languages. When adult native speakers of Chinese learn English, they tend to lose sight of the striking 引 人 注 目 的 differences between the two languages and write in English what they would in Chinese. The following examples, though simple, serve to illustrate the negative effect of the mother tongue well