中国中低水平英语学习者读后续写的协同效应研究

Alignment Effect in the Continuation Task of Chinese Low-Intermediate English Learners

本研究探讨了中国中低水平英语学习者在读后续写任务中产生的协同效应,及其对英语学习的影响。研究结果表明:(1)中国中低水平英语学习者在做读后续写任务(故事中间部分缺失)时,将自己的写作与原文协同。(2)就语言特征、错误率和写作质量而言,协同能够促进中低水平英语学习者的写作。(3)读英续英与读汉续英相比,会产生更强的协同效应。

This article investigates the alignment effect in the continuation task of Chinese low-intermediate English learners,in order to affirm its effects on English learning.The results revealed that:1)low-intermediate Chinese EFL learners can align their writing with the original text in the story continuation task(a story with the middle part missing),2)alignment can foster learners’writing in terms of linguistic features,error rates and writing quality,and 3)the participants who performed the English-based continuation task exhibited stronger alignment effects than those who performed the Chinese-based continuation task.