不同英语写作水平学生议论文写作语块使用差异研究
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Title A Study on the Formulaic Sequence of Argumentative Writing by Students of Different English Writing Levels
Abstract
Recent years English acquiring has become more and more widespread. However, writing was regarded as the most difficult part among five basic skills. Some research has shown that the application of formulaic sequence can make better writing. Therefore, this study aims to discus the differences of formulaic sequences used in argumentative writing by students of different English writing levels. This study is based on parts of texts of English Writing Competition in 2014 in Nanjing University of Science and Technology. And I chose the first 30 texts as high-score group and the last 30 texts as low-score group according to the scores from high to low. By comparing with formulaic sequences between high-score group and low-score group writing texts, I tried to find the differences from three aspects: the frequency of formulaic sequences, the frequency of formulaic sequences of different length, the frequency of formulaic sequences of different types. The results showed that: (1) high-score group students used more formulaic sequences than low-score group students; (2) no matter high-score group students or low-score group students, the longer the length of formulaic sequences was, the lower the frequency of formulaic sequences was. High-score group students and low-score group students shared nearly same proportion in using three-word formulaic sequences. But the frequency of five-word formulaic sequences in low-score group nearly doubled its in high-score group; (3) high-score group students used most verb formulaic sequences, adverb formulaic sequences and preposition formulaic sequences. But low-score group students preferred to use verb formulaic sequences, noun formulaic sequences and preposition formulaic sequences.
Keywords English writing argumentative writing formulaic sequence
Table of Contents
1 Introduction 1
1.2 Research Background 1
1.2 Significance of the Study 1
2 Literature Review 2
2.1 Definition and Classification of Formulaic Sequence 2
2.2 Previous Research 2
3 Research Methodology 5
3.1 Research Questions 5
3.2 Subjects 5
3.3 Instrument 5