内容知识在本科生和研究生英语写作中的运用研究

Contrastive Study of Content Knowledge Application in Undergraduate and Graduate EFL Writing

本研究对372名本科生和349名研究生进行了问卷调查,以探讨英语写作中内容知识的使用特征。数据分析表明,受试者常用的知识来源为个人经历和思辨论据,其次为文献论据、权威论据和理论论据;常用知识呈现策略为主观表述、事实策略和多视角策略,较少使用的策略是转述策略、概括策略、批判策略、客观表述策略和数据策略。研究还发现,本科生和研究生在知识来源和知识呈现策略方面存在着显著性差异;知识运用与写作内容丰富性之间存在着显著正相关。

The present study examined features in the application of content knowledge in EFL writing by administering a questionnaire to 372 undergraduates and 349 graduate students.Data analysis revealed that the preferred knowledge sources are personal experience and speculation,followed by relevant literature,authoritative evidence and theoretical evidence.Furthermore,the preferred strategies of knowledge representation were found to be subjective perspective,fact using and multi-perspective while paraphrasing,summarizing,criticizing,objective perspective and data use were less frequently used.Significant differences were identified in terms of sources of content knowledge and strategies of knowledge representation between undergraduates and graduate students.Multi-group CFA with AMOS indicated that sources of content knowledge and the strategies were positively correlated to content density,and that paths from knowledge use to content density could distinguish undergraduates from graduate students.