The phenomenon of language transfer has always been a central issue in the field of second language acquisition. Meanwhile,the role and status of mother tongue in the process of foreign language learning has been a controversial topic for both linguists and scholars as well. Normally divided into positive transfer and negative transfer, language transfer can be widely observed in the language teaching process during which the negative sides hinder the learning of new language while the positive sides facilitate the acquisition of new knowledge. In the specific context of China, language transfer mainly focuses on the transfer of learners’ mother tongue-Chinese in English learning process. In this paper, the author mainly discusses the positive transfer of Chinese to those art students whose English competence is relatively poor taking its aim at figuring out a proper strategy for English teaching. The phenomenon of language transfer has always been a central issue in the field of second language acquisition. Yetly the role and status of mother tongue in the process of foreign language learning has been a controversial topic for both linguists and scholars as well. Normally divided into positive transfer and negative transfer, language transfer can be widely observed in the language teaching process during which the negative sides hinder the learning of new language while the positive sides to facilitate the acquisition of new knowledge. In the specific context of China, language transfer mainly Focus on the transfer of learners’ mother tongue-Chinese in English learning process. In this paper, the author primarily discusses the positive transfer of Chinese to those art students whose English ability is relatively poor taking its aim at figuring out a proper strategy for English teaching.