连接副词在学生四级英语统考作文中的作用——一项基于语料库的研究

Adverbial Connectors in the Chinese EFL Learners' CET-4 Writing——A Corpus-based Analysis

运用语料库的研究方法以及语言学中的统计方法,对不同分数段的四级英语统考作文中连接副词的使用现象进行了分析。发现:总体来说,连接副词的使用频率与写作质量之间有显著相关。其中,列举和添加、同位、过渡类别的连接副词的使用对作文分数有显著影响。因此,如何有效地指导学生合理使用这些连接副词成为英语教师的教学重点。

This paper reports a corpus-based study on the use of adverbial connectors in the writings of CET-4 by the Chinese EFL learners.Research results show that there is a significant correlation between the overall frequencies of adverbial connectors in the writings and writing quality.And the use of some semantic types of adverbial connectors,i.e.enumeration and addition,apposition,transition has great effects on the writing quality.Thus how to effectively guide the students to use these English adverbial connectors in their writing appropriately becomes our teaching emphasis.