摘要
This paper describes an action research project undertaken to look into the effectiveness of tasks designed to raise learners' awareness of different writing modes in terms of coherence between English and Chinese.The goal was to test whether tasks and direct instructions aimed at promoting learner awareness of coherence differences and coherence devices at the discourse level had any impact on the students' writing performance.Results and feedbacks from the participants in the experiment shows that it was a success because the students were better helped to organize the compositions on the English discourse patterns and compose smoother English writings.The paper ends with suggestions to implement conscious-raising instructions among Chinese colleges.
本文探讨了如何通过意识唤醒培训,使中国大学生对英文行文中的衔接手段有更为清晰的了解,进而有意识地仿效,从而写出行文连贯、语义衔接的英文。本研究选取了两个教学班作为试验对象,首先进行了大学生英文行文中的衔接手段使用现状的调查,然后结合课堂教学对学生进行了意识唤醒培训,通过一学期的实证研究,发现意识唤醒培训对培养学生语篇组织能力和语篇连贯性效果明显;本文对中国大学英语教师在大学生英文写作指导上如何进行意识唤醒培训提出了自己的建议和思考。
基金
This study is sponsored by Jiangsu University s"the Human Social Science Research Fund-Youth Project",jdr2006046
