Objective:To identify the cerebral activation patterns associated with the processes that occur during viewing Chinese and English words in native Chinese English learners. Methods:12 right-handed Chinese English learners were divided into two groups equally

namely English majors and non-English majors

and took semantic judgement tasks of both English and Chinese words

for whom the fMRI images were collected.Results:To various degrees

all subjects demonstrated activation of associated cerebral regions in both hemispheres and the left hemisphere activation was more significant for most subjects. Except for classical regions involved in language processing

such as Wernicke areas and Broca areas

there were other activated cerebral regions

including cerebellum

limbic system and basal ganglia nucleus

etc. To sum up

there were apparent overlap for cerebral activation distribution and no specific processing areas for both tasks. The analysis of ROI（region of interest）suggested that subjects in specialized group were more dependent on right hemisphere to perform English words task. Conclusion:Language cognition is dominated by left hemisphere

which is also shared by the right hemisphere to various degrees and thus two hemispheres work by ways of both dissociation and coordination. It is possible that working strategy of the right hemisphere in English task is related to proficiency of the second language. A variety of distinctions are shared by each subject for language cognitive patterns.