非英语专业学生英语写作中的词汇错误分析与对策
关键词 错误分析 拼写错误 词类错误 解决对策
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Title The Study of Lexical Errors in Chinese College Non-English Major Students’ writings
Abstract
As a branch of Applied Linguistics, error analysis is important and valuable for the
study on second language acquisition. It not only has enriched the research
achievements of second language teaching methodology, but also has helped the
teachers know about the learners’ linguistic competence and learn about how far
towards the teaching goal the learner has progressed. The study collects 120
compositions written by non-English major students. And it focuses on the lexical
errors and tries to discuss from the following three aspects: (a) What are the major
types of lexical errors in the students’ compositions; (b) What are the relevance of
lexical errors and the quality of compositions; (c) What are the sources of the errors and
the ways to solve them. After the discussion of the data, this study finds some solutions
for vocabulary teaching. Teachers should help students to change the wrong ideas about
vocabulary learning and try to avoid lexical errors.
Key words error analysis spelling error mix-up of parts of speech solution
Table of Contents
1 Introduction.1
1.1 Previous Study on Lexical Error..1
1.1.1 Theoretical Basis1
1.1.2 Lexical Errors..1
1.2 Methods of the Study..2
2 Research Design and Data Collection.3
2.1 Research Questions.3
2.2 Subject and Data Collection3
2.3 Research Methods..4
2.4 Research Procedure.5
3 Results and Discussion6
3.1 Brief Overview of the Main Results6
3.2 Analysis of the Errors in Each Category.6
3.2.1 Spelling Errors.6
3.2.2 Assumed Synonyms8
3.2.3 Mix-up of Parts of Speech.10
3.3 Solutions to Lexical Errors10
Conclusion.13
Acknowledgements16
Bibliography..17
1 Introduction
Errors seem to be an unavoidable phenomenon in the process of learning a foreign language.
This study is designed to analyze lexical errors made by non-English majors in their
writings. By analyzing 120 non-English majors' compositions, this study tries to arouse the
teachers and learners' awareness of the importance of lexis. This may initiate teachers into
the phenomenon and take proper measures to help students reduce lexical errors in writing.
1.1 Previous Study on Lexical Error
1.1.1 Theoretical Basis
Different researchers have different understanding of the concept of "error", so it is difficult
to define it precisely. There are several different thoughts for consideration. Corder (1973)